The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia-BETUZ has reiterated that government is still owing money in settling and leave among other allowances to some teachers on the Copperbelt.
Earlier The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia-BETUZ had disclosed that government was owing over K3 million in allowances to teachers on the Copperbelt. BETUZ indicated government did not only owe teachers on the Copperbelt but also owed teachers around the country adding that the over K3 million which was being owed to teachers dates as far back as 2010 hence the need for government to begin paying off this debt.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Zambian Business Times – ZBT – BETUZ Copperbelt Provincial Chairperson Aaron Kunka has since appealed to Government to urgently clear the backlog of these allowances and other related remunerations to the teachers so that they are motivated further.
Kunka noted that Government has started liquidating, “we witnessed what we call PE and they started with the retirees and most of them have been cleared and we are yet to see the clearance of these other allowances from our teacher members. He added.
“Am not preview of how much the balance is now especially that we have the new teachers on board who have not equally been settled.” He said.
He said the union will continue to rehearse with government and remind the administration to meet its obligations as well as advocate for better conditions for its teachers.
Kunka has also thanked Government for commencing liquidating the backlog and the support it has rendered to the education sector so far.
