The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has issued a two-day ultimatum to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to release the salaries of some teachers by Friday or face their wrath.
The Association claimed that the OSP had withheld the salaries of over 400 teachers.
The OSP stated that they are investigating ghost names on the government’s payroll, which is their justification for withholding the salaries.
However, NAGRAT President Angel Karbonu argued that this is not sufficient justification for withholding their salaries.
“When you’re auditing somebody, until the audit is completed and you have conclusively arrived indicating that A, B and C are not qualified to earn a salary, you don’t go ahead to inflict purgery.”
Speaking on NewsNite on Wednesday, NAGRAT President Angel Karbonu warned that the association would be forced to resort to other measures if the Office of the Special Prosecutor fails to release the withheld salaries by Friday, February 16, 2024.
“He [Special Prosecutor] has not finished prosecuting people who have been given bribes in elections and things like that, it is not poor teachers that he is coming to zero in on,” he said.
“If he does not defreeze the salaries by Friday, he will have to be blamed for whatever happens after Friday.”