President Muhammadu Buhari has Approved the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Act, 2022.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu said the essence of the Bill was to give legal backing for the approval of the new Retirement age of sixty-five years from sixty years for teachers and extend their period of service from thirty-five to forty years.
According to him, the Bill also seeks to introduce bursary awards, special rural posting allowances and other items that will encourage brilliant Nigerians to take up teaching jobs.
Do recall that the Federal Executive Council had approved a bill that sought to increase the retirement age and the service years of teachers on January 20, 2021.
