Don’t Politicize Education Policy, Ekiti Teachers Warn Politicians Teachers in Ekiti State have faulted attempts by some politicians to make cheap political points from the educational policies of the state government, saying that they trust that the efforts of the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration are geared towards repositioning the state’s education sector. The teachers made this position known in Ado Ekiti on Thursday at the closing ceremony of the 2013 Cluster Schools Model for Teacher Professional Development Training Programme, held at Ola Oluwa Muslim Grammar School. The State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Kayode Akosile, said the rumour making the rounds that Fayemi hates teachers and intends to sack a large number of them after re-election is peddled by political gladiators in the opposition parties in order to cause disaffection and use them to actualize their inordinate ambitions. The NUT Chairman who urged politicians to steer clear of the relationship between Fayemi and teachers stressed that the warmth welcome given by the teachers when Fayemi arrived the venue of the training was a proof that the Governor is on ground with the teachers who have tagged him “the real teachers’ governor”. Akosile assured that teachers will never betray the Governor because he has consistently demonstrated commitment to their welfare, added that while many of their colleagues in some other States of the federation are yet to receive their December salaries, Ekiti teachers have received January salaries despite the paucity of funds. “There have been insinuations that teachers don’t like you or that you don’t like teachers. I think today when you came in, the way the crowd welcomed you shows the true situation of things. I think the rumour making the round, without any apology, I will say is from the politicians
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:30:38 +0000