2mch: Very good. Too many lazy people in Nigeria. No wonder the kids are failing. When the teachers are absent, how are the kids going to lern? Who will teach? If they have other business keeping them away from work, now they have plenty time on their hands to attend to their various businesses. I think teachers all over the country should take assessment tests in their field of work. A lot of their qualifications are in very big doubt. Especially for government schools. Some cant even speak english or express themselves. Some dont even know what they are teaching.

Gbam! God bless u jor!

GboyegaD:

If he visited the schools on Tuesday and he's sacked them on Wednesday, then do you think he gave them the opportunity to explain the reason for their lateness or absentism?

The school has a principal? yes or no? definitely the principal must have told the governor everything about the 20 teachers, if they took excuse, he or she would have laid it down before the governor. quit the sympathy parade.

You need to see the way the teachers were shaking when been interrogated by Oshio Quake on news here in Benin. I can count the number of times teachers will actually come to classes back in sec sch. Even when we were preparing for our s.s.c.e. Some of them act like they're the principal of the school, i remember our government teacher only came to class three times in a term, just because he's the vice-principal. We suffered alot then, we had no other option to make our comprehensive government textbook our teacher. I agree with him there.. The governor has provided a suitable enviroment for us. But the classes are useless without teachers actually teaching the students. I believe this is an eye-opener to each and any one of then(Teachers). Especially Mr salami of Niger College.

honeric01:

The school has a principal? yes or no? definitely the principal must have told the governor everything about the 20 teachers, if they took excuse, he or she would have laid it down before the governor. quit the sympathy parade.

No one is against what the governor did, but if you take some time and do some inquiry, you will get a different information. This is where we 've got to be very carefull.

Freiburger:
No one is against what the governor did, but if you take some time and do some inquiry, you will get a different information. This is where we 've got to be very carefull.

You sure he wasn't careful before taking the decision? the decision was taken 24 hours later, maybe he already collected the teacher's register for a background check?

I think sacking or is it dismissing them is rather too harsh, he can reverse this to maybe minus one weeks payor half salary for this month. mr gov please oo.

Civil service is not run like private owned businesses. Protocols are observed in its administration. If the teachers erred by being absent from work, then they should be queried so as to hear their own views b4 actions are taken. What if any of the teachers is involved in an accident or carried by the ravaging floods? Our leaders should not turn dictators.

babslepe: @ texaspete dont say what you dont know i served as a corper at the accountant generals office there in benin city and all salaries are paid before 28th of every month and they get their over heads the first week of the following month so dont come to say rubbish on nairaland. if you dont have fact and figures just read and follow the topic instead of blabbing nonsense. lets give this man some credit ok

. So becus u worked in Accountant Generals office, salaries are now paid on time??. Is like u dont know anything?. Will d AG pay into teachers accounts?? What of bank unnecessary delays??. U should go back and learn d work.

This is unacceptable. Oshomole has over reacted. This is far from due process and close to military dictatorship. U forgot d natural disaster in ur state and d hardship people are facing. U should have punish them. Before i forget, those contractors dat usually stay off-site should also be sacked. Secondly, have u paid the teachers for d month of september including TSS?

Dear sir, i know u were annoyed dat is why u took dat decision. But please give it a second thought. Other punitive measures could have been taken against them instead of outright dismissal. Remember we all make mistakes. As d father to d state, u should punish them with d right hand and draw them bak t you with d left hand. Thank u sirDear sir, i know u were annoyed dat is why u took dat decision. But please give it a second thought. Other punitive measures could have been taken against them instead of outright dismissal. Remember we all make mistakes. As d father to d state, u should punish them with d right hand and draw them bak t you with d left hand. Thank u sirDear sir, i know u were annoyed dat is why u took dat decision. But please give it a second thought. Other punitive measures could have been taken against them instead of outright dismissal. Remember we all make mistakes. As d father to d state, u should punish them with d right hand and draw them bak t you with d left hand. Thank u sir

Dear sir, i know u were annoyed dat is why u took dat decision. But please give it a second thought. Other punitive measures could have been taken against them instead of outright dismissal. Remember we all make mistakes. As d father to d state, u should punish them with d right hand and draw them bak t you with d left hand. Thank u sir

Freiburger:
If the state was to to pay the unemployment benefits to those dismissed , he would have think twice before taking that action.

Unemployment benefits don't get paid to workers fired for derelict of duty or ineptitude. But, they should have been queried first then warned. Their colleagues that put their names in the register should have been handed over to the police for investigation because forgery is a crime. Those ones should lose their job instead, their credibility is sullied for them to continue teaching kids. But, Naija na banana republic.

Gracious10:

Yes, that's the best way to resolve it. Atleast some of these teachers will sit up. You keep forgetting that the best judge is our conscience. What happened to it? When u r given a job, do it diligently! The Gov doesn't need to visit schools everyday, the teachers needs to be in school everyday and on time too. All these lawless supporters club is unnecessary. if commissioner for Education can't do his job. Someone else can.

It's only when thieves visit ur house and rob u of ur prized possessions then u call naija a lawless nation but u as individuals are more lawless than those thieves. What u teach them is what they give back to u. There are people looking for a job and ready to be diligent about it. Lawless can never grow a nation.

That is why he needs a capable Commissioner of Education. That said, his action to me seem barbaric because nothing was said about them inquiring from those concerned why they came late or were absent from work. Besides, that people did not come to school for reasons we did not ascertain makes them less diligent right?

honeric01:

The school has a principal? yes or no? definitely the principal must have told the governor everything about the 20 teachers, if they took excuse, he or she would have laid it down before the governor. quit the sympathy parade.

Do you conclude based on what the Principal says let me pretend I agree with your position? Why not query those involved rather than act biasly? I am not sympathising with those affected and all I am saying is the government did not handle the issue the way he should.

The real offense of those teachers was some one signing for them, when they were not in school, coming late or not coming to work would have been met with a query.

Same people condemning the comrade governor are the ones talking about poor education standard in Nigeria.
So Oshiomole should set a committee to investigate why teachers didn't go to school yet their names were in
the register? No wonder it is said "the government is as good as the people it governs" and vice versa.

With the mentality we portray on NL, Nigeria is in a deep poo!!

GboyegaD:

That is why he needs a capable Commissioner of Education. That said, his action to me seem barbaric because nothing was said about them inquiring from those concerned why they came late or were absent from work. Besides, that people did not come to school for reasons we did not ascertain makes them less diligent right?

Is there a reason why other people signed them in when they weren't there? Am sure they must have asked their partners in crime to do such for them. If these issues just came up recently, then we may consider inquiring what or what didn't happen. If you schooled in naija, you know the attitudes of teachers, u know their I don't care attitude. This has been on for a long time. I hope he fires them permanently!

the restructuring of the educational process by my state governor,comrade adams oashiomole desreves also a complete overhaul of the teachers.with the standard of structures on ground now(go take a look at the new schools now,an outsider would mistake them for 5star hotel building).so who arent willing to change with the system must be withdrawn...

exactly, i agree!

NICE

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