The industrial action embarked upon by staff of Colleges of Education in Kwara State will end soon. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq took a step towards achieving this by approving immediate payment of N250m for the payment of at least two months of their outstanding salary. AbdulRazaq assured the schools of subsequent prompt payment of their salary along with gradual offset of the arrears inherited from the previous administration which made the schools embark on the strike. The lucky institutions are the Kwara State College of Education, Oro; Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin; Kwara State College of Education (Technical) Lafiagi; Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin; Kwara State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilorin and Kwara State College of Nursing, Oke Ode. ‘The total amount the Governor released for salary payment is 250,774, 328.34. This covers salary for the months of May and June. Concerned about the status of the schools, the Governor also approved additional N25m for the College of Education Technical Lafiagi for immediate re-accreditation and N24.8m for CAILS for re-accreditation’, the governor said.
