Some Nigerians have flayed the Ogun State
Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, for the
sacking of six workers in the state Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology, including a
secondary school teacher, for allegedly setting
an offensive examination question.
The sacked workers include two Grade Level 17
officers, former Director, Education Support
Services, Mrs. Folashade Oresegun; former
Director, Curriculum Development and Evaluation,
Mr. Rotimi Odunsi; and a Grade Level 16 officer,
Mr. Majekodunmi Oluwole.
Others are a Grade Level 10 officer, Mr. E.O.
Asegbe; a Grade Level 8 officer, Taylor Damilola;
and an English Language teacher in Mayflower
Secondary School, Ikenne, Mr. Joel Adegbenro.
It was reported that the sacking of both
Oresegun and Odunsi had been converted to
compulsory retirement, while the four others
were summarily dismissed.
The PUNCH had reported that their “offence”
might be connected with a comprehension
passage in the English Language examination
conducted by the ministry for the Unified
Examination in Public Secondary Schools for the
third term of the 2014/2015 academic session,
where pupils were asked to summarise a
comprehension passage on policy defect on
education. The governor’s action has, however,
caused uproar among many Nigerians, who
described the sacking as “undemocratic.”
A PUNCH commentator, simply identified as
Odeleke, said the governor’s action did not
reflect good leadership.
“Amosun is a dictator in the making. The All
Progressives Congress should call him to order
before he turns the state to his fiefdom,”
Odeleke said.
Meanwhile, the teacher sacked alongside the five
others, Adegbenro, has declined to comment on
his dismissal.
Adegbenro was the examiner in the English
Language examination conducted by the ministry
for Unified Examination in public Secondary
Schools for the third term 2014/2015 academic
session.
One of our correspondents met him on Friday at
the Abeokuta office of the Academic Staff Union
of Secondary Schools and sought his reaction on
the dismissal, but he declined.
He said politely, “Please, I don’t want to say
anything on the issue. Thank you.”
However, Chairman, ASUSS, Ogun State chapter,
Mr. Akeem Lasisi, urged the state government to
have mercy on the sacked workers.
He said, “As you are aware, five officers of the
state’s Ministry of Education were involved and a
teacher from a secondary school in Ogun State.”

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Simpy undemocratic

Jungle!