A new bill to increase the retirement age of teachers across the country was on Wednesday approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

The bill seeks to increase the retirement age of teachers from 60 to 65 years and also increase the possible years of service from 35 to 40 years.

The bill will now be sent to the parliament for the proper legislative process before it can become law, the education minister, Adamu Adamu, told journalists in Abuja after the FEC meeting.

The ‘Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Bill 2020’ , seeks to give legal backing to new measures by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to enhance teaching in the country.

“This memo that was approved for the Ministry of Education is a giant step towards what we set out to do last year, with the approval of some special packages for teachers by the president. So, at the meeting today, Council approved that a bill which will be called ‘Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Bill 2020’ be sent to the National Assembly for enactment into law so that all the promises made by the president and all the approvals he had given to me will now begin to be put into effect because this is the legal backing that is required for it,” Mr Adamu said.

“The essence of the bill actually is to give legal backing for the approval of a new retirement age of 65 for teachers and then the service period being extended to 40 years.”

Apart from increasing the retirement age and years of service, the bill also seeks to introduce bursary award, special rural posting allowances and other items that will encourage brilliant Nigerians to take to teaching.

“The intention is to attract the best brains to the teaching profession and for that, the president approved the reintroduction of bursary awards, improving teacher quality, funding teaching practice form TETFUND, enhanced entry point for teachers. The president also approved that there should be some special allowances, like rural posting allowance and science teachers’ allowance,” the minister said.

Billyonaire666:
Country is broke.

No longer has money to pay the retirement benefit so you government servants are expected to wait 5 more years before retirement and possibly most of you will die before then, so government does not have to pay the servant anything except there is court action after death.

What does it mean for the citizens if the country is broke?

Ha Ha.

Get your NIN, it could become the next Central Bank account number in your name

Rain is coming.....

chukwugoziegi:
65 years of age or 40years in Service? Kuku kill them on the job na. Senseless people!

40years in service is too long.

I wouldn't want to retire from a Teaching Job at 65years old. No Way! I reject it in Jesus Name!

saheedbadmus:
Aiit ... no qualms but i just hope u pay their pensions after retirement cos at age 65 dem no need to suffer to get their gratuity/pension

Jobabori:

Reserve your stupid advise till you attain your fictitious Biafra. A bill to improve teachers and teaching job which previous administrations did not attend to is given you headache, what then will give you joy till the end of this administration?. Nothing, your bitterness continue till 2023 and beyond since your Biafra will continue to be elusive.

Billyonaire666:
Country is broke.

No longer has money to pay the retirement benefit so you government servants are expected to wait 5 more years before retirement and possibly most of you will die before then, so government does not have to pay the servant anything except there is court action after death.

What does it mean for the citizens if the country is broke?

Ha Ha.

Get your NIN, it could become the next Central Bank account number in your name

Rain is coming.....