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On Thursday October 5, 2017, on the event of World Teachers’ Day in Ondo, the NUT chairman Mr Oladele Amoko made a disturbing revelation while presenting his speech at the event. He said the Ondo state government has not recruited teachers for primary and secondary schools in 10 years. Speaking at the event which held... Read More
by Jide Ojo According to information gleaned from its website, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisation (UNESCO) proclaimed October 5 to be World Teachers’ Day in 1994, celebrating the great step made for teachers on that date in 1966, when a special intergovernmental conference convened by UNESCO in Paris adopted the UNESCO/International Labour... Read More
The Cross River State Government has uncovered about N650 million from 3,000 ghost workers for the months of June and July, 2016. Commissioner for Local Governments, Mr Onoh John Ulafor, made the disclosure on Wednesday while addressing teachers during the celebration of World Teachers’ Day. He said, “Cross River is not owing salaries. The issue of teachers’... Read More
Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the blame game and get to work. Fayose said President Buhari should stop blaming past administrations for the nation’s economic woes, but should rather work assiduously to fix it. Fayose said this on Wednesday while addressing teachers in the state at the Oluyemi... Read More
In celebration of #WorldTeachersDay today, President Buhari blessed us with a rare tweet that allows us a tiny insight into his childhood. On this #WorldTeachersDay I remember Kasimu Adamu Zangon-Daura, my Junior Primary School Teacher. Who is the first Teacher you remember? — Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) October 5, 2016 Lucky man, that Mr. Kasimu Zangon-Daura.... Read More