Contrary to the news in the media on the Federal government taking over the payment of salaries of private school teachers, the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has said such will never happen.
The Education Minister during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Monday disclosed that he is not aware that the Federal government is willing to take such a huge burden.
President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Yomi Otubela, had said the Federal government has agreed to pay the salaries of private school teachers that are being owed by their school management since the lockdown started in March.
This is because some school management insists they cannot pay salaries since they have also not made money by way of school fees.
Speaking on TVC on Monday morning, Otubela said the association forwarded a proposal to the Economic Sustainability Committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, for the government to pay the salaries of the private school owners and that approval has been granted to the proposal by the Federal Executive Council.
Minister of State for Education said the only way the federal government could help is through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) grant.
The Minister explained that teachers who are interested in the CBN grant may be asked to provide Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) pin.
