Niger Delta
NUT, NLC Charge Teachers On Trust
Chairman of the Bayelsa State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers,NUT, Comrade John Tonpre Kala-Ama and Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Bayelsa State Chapter, Comrade John Ndiomu have charged teachers and sister public servants to have mutual trust for their leaders.
The duo gave the charge Monday in Yenagoa, on the occasion of the 2020 edition of the celebration of the World Teachers Day.
In his welcome address,the NUT chairman thanked teachers for their dedication to duty, saying that the leadership of the union was aware that teachers have continued to play their role as nation builders irrespective of the challenging times under which they operate.
He called on government to improve the lot of teachers in the state, adding that the bane of the development of the nation’s educational sector was the direct neglect of the problems facing teachers by government.
Comrade Kala-Ama identified some of the challenges of the state’s educational sector to include,frequent disruption of schools as a result of protracted and unattended problems,non- implementation of teachers promotion and annual increment for eight years.
Other challenges he noted are, non-payment of backlog of salary arrears of 2016/2017,poor funding of the sector and non-payment of the #30,000 minimum wage to primary school teachers, just as he said there is shortage of teachers, emphasising that there is also the problem of inadequate provision of instructional materials to schools, amongst others.
Also speaking, the state’s Commissioner for Education, Mr Gentle Emelah and chairman, state Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Chief Mathew Sunny-Goli promised government’s willingness in addressing the challenges of the sector in the state.
The Education stakeholders lauded teachers for their sacrificial services, pointing out that any nation which tampers with the importance of education in training and molding of its future leaders is headed for failure.
The commissioner and the SUBEB boss reiterated the commitment of the Governor Diri’s administration to improve the lots of the educational standard of the state through deliberate formulation of actions and programmes to make the sector more viable and attractive to teachers and students alike.
The theme for this year’s celebration is, “Teachers: Leading in crises, Re-imagining the future.”
Meanwhile the state’s NUT secretary, comrade Johnson Hector has assured teachers in the state that there are indications that the Federal government would soon put smiles on the faces of teachers.
By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa
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