Staff of four colleges of education, sweepers protest in Kwara

Thousands of the combined staff of three colleges of education in Oro, Ilorin and Lafiagi has protested over non-payments of their salaries.

State chairman committee of unions of tertiary institutions, Imam Abubakar said the outgoing administration of governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state have not paid their salaries for over 24 months.

Coincidentally, sweepers in the state in the employment of the state government are also protesting the non-payments of their salaries.

The protests who went round the major streets of Ilorin, the state capital later converged, barricaded and threw stones at the gate of the government house.

However, the armed policemen officers at the gate cautioned them to control their temper and continue their protests peacefully.