The Edo State government has sacked 836 teachers following a
verification exercise carried out by the state’s Department of
Information and Communication Technology.
The affected teachers were said to have learnt of their lay-off
when they discovered that their names were missing from the
December salary voucher.
Those sacked were said to have either over-stayed their number
of years in service or falsified their age and credentials. Others
were those who have become mentally unstable and the blind.
A man, who gave his name as Osahon, said his wife was
affected by the lay-off.
The Commissioner for Basic Education, Patrick Aguinede,
who confirmed the retrenchment, said those affected were de-
certified by the ICT after the screening.
He said, “Those that have over-stayed in service gave a
scenario that the state government could not recruit new
teachers.
“The teachers were found to have stayed above 35 years. Some
were physically blind; some manipulated their results and age,
which later showed they finished school before they were
born.”
Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Edo, Akin
Adeojo, said the union was aware of the sack as a rumour, but
that the affected teachers had not been issued letters that they
had been sacked.
Adeojo said some of the teachers were found to have stayed
above 35 years in service and others physically and mentally-
challenged.
He said the NUT would scrutinise the letters before taking a
decision and that anybody found victimised would be resisted.
Osahon appealed to the state government to reconsider its stand
on the sacked teachers.
“I don’t have a reliable job. It is my wife that is taking care of
the home. My wife is not up to three years in service. She is
not up to 35 years old. The governor should give the young
ones a second chance. They should regularise their age,” he
said. Source. www.punchng.com/news/edo-sacks-836-teachers-2/

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