The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has said no patriotic citizen should defend the disengagement of 2414 sunset SUBEB teachers.
Abdulrazaq who disclosed this in an article titled, ” Building a new future for Kwara” described the recruitment process of sunset teachers as “egregiously faulty” process.
“Without mincing words, no patriotic person should defend the nullified process. It was egregiously faulty. Political interests had a field day dictating which individual got a place in our classrooms with scanty regard for merit,” he said.
While admitting that few of these teachers were qualified, Abdulrazaq expressed regret that they were casualties of government’s action.
” So bad was it that they overshot the legal approvals to engage just 1,100. I do not dispute that a few great hands survived the process.
“My heart bleeds that those ones were caught in our decision to start the process anew. However, such great hands were exceptions.
Abdulrazaq further bemoaned cronyism that trailed their employment process stating that the new employment process will be fair and transparent.
“A vast majority got the jobs because they knew somebody who knew somebody that knew somebody on the Ahmadu Bello Way. Those affected knew this to be true. We could not in good conscience allow that to stand, particularly after we initially gave everyone a chance to prove their worth. Those who messed up our efforts to reform the nullified process have been served their sanctions, mild or grave.