Thursday, March 28, 2024

Akwa Ibom governor sacks 5,000 teachers

Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel, has fired no fewer than five thousand teachers in the state. The affected teacher were recruited under the administration of Godswill Akpabio, former governor of the state.

The Point learnt that the governor explained that lapses were noticed in the recruitment process of the affected teachers, adding that fake appointment letters was issued to the teachers who were not qualified.
“It was discovered that the syndicate which had since been apprehended was involved in printing fake letters of appointment and fake school certificates at outrageous amounts ranging from 150,000 to 200,000 naira,” he said in a statement.
“Even the bible says if the foundation is not right, what can the righteous man do? We have tried to see how we could get something out of that recruitment process, but believe me, the foundation was very faulty.
“If we are putting people to teach our children, please let us leave sentiments apart and go for the right people. We need to make sure they went through the right process and have the right qualifications.”
Emmanuel however, assured affected persons who have the necessary qualifications of been considered at the commencement of fresh recruitment.
“We are assuring the 5,000 people that they need not worry, when we are calling for aptitude test, you need not re-apply, just walk into the venue of the exercise with that appointment letter and justify that you are qualified to teach our children.”

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