Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has disclosed the discovery of 20
percent ghost teachers in the state payroll, just as he pledged the total
commitment of his administration to place high premium on developing the
education sector.
The governor disclosed this during a courtesy call on
him by Bauchi State Youth on the occasion of the Day of the African Child (DAC)
organised by the State Universal Board(SUBEB) in collaboration with UNICEF
Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, held at the Banquet Hall in Government House on
Sunday.
The action, supported by UNICEF, came as the world
celebrates the Day of the African Child, commemorating the day in 1976 that
hundreds of students were shot in Soweto, South Africa, while demonstrating for
their right to quality education.
The Nigerian
campaign for access to quality education will hold the newly-elected government
officials at all levels accountable for their campaign promises to provide
equitable access to free, safe and quality education for every child,
especially the girl child, in Nigeria.
The governor who reiterated the contribution of
education to the socio-economic and political development of any society or
nation condemned the engagement of unqualified people into the system, saying
they would be flushed out through strategic measures.
On the alleged mismanagement of funds in the Bauchi
State Universal Basic Education Board, Governor Bala Mohammed revoked all
contracts awarded in the education sector.
He said the immediate past Chairman of SUBEB,
Professor Yahaya Ibrahim Yero, would be prosecuted for awarding contracts without
access funds, and announced the recruitment of 1,000 qualified teachers within
one month for improvement in the education especially basic education.
The governor pledged to comply with UNICEF
requirements for accessing intervention by ensuring timely release of
counterpart funding for effective teaching and learning in schools.
The
Representative of UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, Hajiya Maryama Dikwa said
120 youths from three senatorial zones of the state were been selected to work
for increased access to safe and quality education for every Nigerian children
especially girls.
Hajiya Maryama Dikwa who expressed concern with the
number of out of school children and non enrollment of girls in schools, called
for improved budgetary allocation especially in basic education to increased
acess to safe and quality education.
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