By: SULAIMAN, Abdulwaheed Olamilekan
A Yoruba aphorism says “yini yini keni ko le se mi” – loosely translated as “appreciation motivates more achievements”. When one’s masquerade dances well in the market square, one becomes elated.
While many events had unfolded over the past few days, one of the many reports that made headlines of several newspapers in Kwara state is the disengagement of SUBEB teachers tagged “sunset” workers. Some interests defended the action of the government, while others condemned in stern terms the process of their disengagement.
The government has wittingly seen such public vituperation as a clarion call – which is part of the gains of democracy.
Commendably, the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq came out to make his stance known to the Kwarans in his new year Message of Hope entitled “Building a new future for Kwara”.
This is a pointer to the fact that Governor AbdulRazaq is in charge and very conversant with happenings in the state.
In his message, he emphasized the need for the government to spring up a new process to fill the vacuum in the education sector by recruiting new crop of teachers across the length and breadth of the state. While admitting that there were qualified hands within the disengaged teachers, he regretted the decision taken but ready to right the wrong, describing the nullified process as “egregiously faulty”.
As a conscientious government, Gov. AbdulRazaq led administration said it has equally spelt out sanctions against those elements whose actions messed up his efforts to reform the nullified process.
As a close observer of the recruitment exercise, I hope the new process will not be compromised and the appeal made by the governor on a meritorious, free and credible process will be strictly adhered to.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect THE INFORMANT247’s editorial stance.