Nigerian teacher cries out after school proprietor allegedly refused to pay his salary because he sells cashew nuts

A Mathematics teacher in a secondary school in Enugu State has taken to his Facebook wall to drag the school proprietor for allegedly refusing to pay his salary because he sells cashew nuts to boost his income.

Oriko Ikenna said even though the business of baked cashew nuts is feminine, he decided to do it to augment his salary. He said this did not go down well with his school proprietor, who asked him to choose between selling cashew nuts and teaching.

See his post below…

“THIS IS WICKEDNESS!!! WHY ME???? I am a teacher in His Grace Secondary School located in Nsukka in Enugu state. I teach mathematics, from SS1 to SS3.  The problem started when I started a baked cashew nut business. Despite the fact that it is a woman business, I still do it to help me augment my salary,” he wrote.

“We closed for the term on the 28th of July 2023. And after the results have been given out, the school proprietor paid everyone his/her salary except me. He said I should choose between selling the cashew nuts and teaching.

“He said I didn’t come to teach but to do business, and because of that he will not pay me. Some of my fellow teachers pleaded with him to pay me, but he refused. So that is how I left without being paid.”