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Teachers in public primary and junior secondary schools in Kogi State under the aegis of Basic Education Staff Association (BESAN) yesterday organized an inter-faith prayer session aimed, “at rescuing basic education from total collapse”.
The teachers, during the session held in Lokoja, prayed God to touch the hearts of those in government to do the right thing and protect the future of children of the less privileged.
The state chairman of BESAN Mr Suleiman Adomu, while addressing journalists said the group decided to seek God’s intervention in the matter so that children can go back to school.
He said the situation in basic education level in the state has reached a worrisome point, as pupils lost five months in the 2012/2013 academic session to strikes by teachers, and that resumption for the new academic year has become impossible.
He said the development is making parents to lose confidence in public schools, just as it has led to a drastic drop in enrolment figures.
Adomu, who added that public schools in the state will remain closed until their demands are met by the government, lamented that traditional rulers and other major stakeholders were contacted to intervene in the matter to no avail.
Earlier, those who led the prayers, Pastor Ejiri Godwin and Imam Abdulrahman Danladi, advised the state government and teachers to work together to right the wrongs in the education sector. They also appealed to both parties to shift grounds in the interest of the state.

He said political will is required to fight corruption in Nigeria.
But when asked whether the nation still has the political will, the ex-President simply responded: “Go and ask your president, not me

nuclearboy: Leave them to their delusions! How 20 out of 36 (and btw, some like Osun & Rivers with the polarisation are amongst that 20) amounts to celebration beats me! You have lost control of 16 state chapters of your own party and are celebrating it - dafts

Ayed44: What if d man changes his mind 4 d reasons known to him? Please can u direct me to any section of d 1999 constitution dat GEJ will be violating if he changes his mind and contest again in 2015?

theoctopus: The serious question here is this

Why are they afraid of GEJ contesting? It is very funny. I thought they said all Nigerian hate him and he is a monumental failure. So why are they afraid of him contesting? Something tells me, they know they are liars and weak

chima12: With efcc around you think they can easily leave pdp ?many of you commentators on the politics section are kids.

ebucha: Selfish, un-innovative,researchless copy-and-paste liars who prefare to lazy about in the name of strike and receive fat unmerited salaries every month end.

gregg2: 11 + 7 = 18 So how did you arrive at 22?

pazienza: Stop dreaming/salivating over what does not belong to you, the history of the area in dispute is well documented,from colonial era till date,with concrete colonial documents.

Ola Johnson: Afam, get your female handbag and Israeli flag ready, I will drive you from this thread to Abidjan.

Abagworo: The dangers of playing dirty openly is coup d'etat. When you study all the African heads of State that refused to listen to Obasanjo, you'll discover one thing they have in common. Their ADC will turn against them.

shine eye: kogi still dey look into anambra oil wells?if it oil well belong to kogi by now we will no.But it seems like is not so kogi state should look somewhere else,even the new governor to be obaino is from oil community...

musiwa1h: Some days ago, I had a dream , and in my dream, I saw a well know famous nigeria pastors in hell, in my dream. I dont want to tell you his name.