A foremost Civil Society Coalition has hailed the passage of a  Bill for an Act to extend the retirement age of teachers in Nigeria, commending the National Assembly, Minister of Education Prof. Adamu Adamu, the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono, the sponsor of the bill Honourable Adesegun Abdel-Majid Adekoya, representing Ijebu-North/Ijebu-East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency and the Nigeria Union of Teachers(NUT) who have always been in the fore front of the struggle and have never failed in drawing the attention of the Federal Government and educating Nigerians of the importance of the bill for their support.


In a statement issued by the Joint Action Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, which was signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Isaac Ikpa, the 11 groups under the coalition urged President Buhari to assent to the Bill with the same urgency he treated the Minimum Wage Act.


"This is in view of the importance of the bill and the place of education in the present administration of President Buhari. 


"We are glad that there have been a high level commitment of the President Buhari-led Federal Government as the Government, represented by the Minister of education, Adamu Adamu, was deeply involved during the public hearing on the bill sponsored by Honourable Adesegun Abdel-Majid Adekoya, representing Ijebu-North/Ijebu-East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency. 

The bill which seeks to increase the retirement age for Teachers /education officers from 60 to 65 years as incentive for better performance which Teachers at tertiary level are already enjoying the incremental age, so why discriminate against the foundational level which is more important and the bedrock of development of any society. The bill will also revolutionize the education sector at the grassroots level as early retirement of teachers have been robbing the education sector of needed experience. 



 "It is generally accepted that most of our teachers get retired at the age they still have a lot to offer. 


"Most of them often got employed by private schools operators who are always eager to harvest their wealth of knowledge as we all know that older the teachers are more patient in attending to educational needs of pupils and students. 


"As a coalition with special interest in the education sector, we therefore urge Mr. President, who himself is a father that have deep understanding of the need for quality education for our children, to immediately assent to the bill on arrival for immediate implementation", the coalition stated.

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A foremost Civil Society Coalition has hailed the passage of a  Bill for an Act to extend the retirement age of teachers in Nigeria, commending the National Assembly, Minister of Education Prof. Adamu Adamu, the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono, the sponsor of the bill Honourable Adesegun Abdel-Majid Adekoya, representing Ijebu-North/Ijebu-East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency and the Nigeria Union of Teachers(NUT) who have always been in the fore front of the struggle and have never failed in drawing the attention of the Federal Government and educating Nigerians of the importance of the bill for their support.


In a statement issued by the Joint Action Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, which was signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Isaac Ikpa, the 11 groups under the coalition urged President Buhari to assent to the Bill with the same urgency he treated the Minimum Wage Act.


"This is in view of the importance of the bill and the place of education in the present administration of President Buhari. 


"We are glad that there have been a high level commitment of the President Buhari-led Federal Government as the Government, represented by the Minister of education, Adamu Adamu, was deeply involved during the public hearing on the bill sponsored by Honourable Adesegun Abdel-Majid Adekoya, representing Ijebu-North/Ijebu-East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency. 

The bill which seeks to increase the retirement age for Teachers /education officers from 60 to 65 years as incentive for better performance which Teachers at tertiary level are already enjoying the incremental age, so why discriminate against the foundational level which is more important and the bedrock of development of any society. The bill will also revolutionize the education sector at the grassroots level as early retirement of teachers have been robbing the education sector of needed experience. 



 "It is generally accepted that most of our teachers get retired at the age they still have a lot to offer. 


"Most of them often got employed by private schools operators who are always eager to harvest their wealth of knowledge as we all know that older the teachers are more patient in attending to educational needs of pupils and students. 


"As a coalition with special interest in the education sector, we therefore urge Mr. President, who himself is a father that have deep understanding of the need for quality education for our children, to immediately assent to the bill on arrival for immediate implementation", the coalition stated.

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