The approvals came after cries by teachers on their poor salary package, a development which many have attributed to be responsible for the falling standard of education in the country.
The president also approved the building of low-cost houses for teachers in rural areas and the sponsorship of teachers, just as he assured of prompt payment of salaries and timely promotion to eliminate stagnation. This is in addition to the Teachers Conversion Programme (TCP) and ICT training to mitigate the current dearth of qualified teachers.
A month after the pronouncement, the national implementation committee on the revitalisation and repositioning of the teaching profession was inaugurated. It was charged to focus on specific areas of intervention as approved by the president and submit its report after three months.
2023: Next set of leaders in Taraba must be people of competence ― Ex Taraba speaker 2023: Next set of leaders in Taraba must be people of competence ― Ex Taraba speaker
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The former speaker of the Taraba State house of assembly, Hon. Abel Diah has vowed that the next set of leadership in Taraba come 2023, must be people of competence and those that know the state very well.
Diah stated this, on Wednesday during his 50th, birthday party in his residence in Jalingo noted that leadership was not by age and Tarabans would not accept people of no competence and those who do not know the state.
As the nation marks the 22nd year of democracy rule, the economy is still marked with poor macroeconomic performance with pockets of improvement in some sectors.
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Published 24 May 2021
The Kwara State Government has said it uncovered unlawful salary payment to 48 teachers disengaged from the State Universal Basic Education Board.
The state Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, disclosed this in Ilorin on Sunday while receiving a report from a three-member committee set up by the government to investigate an alleged payment of March salary to some teachers disengaged from the service of the state Universal Basic Education Board by the government since December 2020.
A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, quoted the governor as saying appropriate actions would be taken against anyone implicated by the committee in the alleged act.