The angry retirees, who booed the officials that came for the training, said they were only interested in their entitlements.
The former workers, who were from Zaria, Sabongari, Soba and Giwa Local Government Areas, were among those disengaged after the state government conducted a competency test for primary school teachers.
Others were also retired as part of the state government’s reforms toward re-positioning the local governments for optimum performance.
NAN also reports that the training, which was to be conducted at the Alhudahuda College, Zaria City, was to be supervised by Adamu Mansir, Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
The workers, who rejected all entreaties to get them into the training hall, said they had converged on the college because they thought they were to be paid their entitlements.
Adamu Lawal, a former teacher from Giwa Local Government, who spoke with NAN, said the workers were “very surprised” that government had yet to pay them their entitlements “in spite of all promises”.
“We were suddenly and illegally disengaged from service; government promised to pay us our entitlements immediately after pushing us out, but that has not been done.
“When they summoned us here, we thought they are going to tell us how to obtain our money. Now, they are telling us to sit for a training and be given loans.
“We don’t want loan; all we want is our entitlements. We don’t want any training. Let them just give us what is ours and leave us lone,” he said.
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