The Nigerian Government has responded to a media report that the Federal Ministry of Education is owing 1,800 Unity Schools’ teachers 36-month salary arrears. While confirming The Guardian's exclusive report of last week, the government said the files of the affected teachers are already with the Ministry of Finance. Speaking with our reporter in Abuja on the sidelines of the inaugural EdTech Conference organised by Mastercard Foundation, Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, assured that the teachers would be paid soon. Responding to an inquiry by our reporter on the plight of the teachers, the minister assured them that they

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