The Enugu State Government has sacked 16 out of the 17 local government education secretaries in the state.
The workers were accused of conniving with ex-council chairmen in the State to perpetrate fraud.
Also fired is the general manager of the State Rural Water Supply
and Sanitation Agency over poor performances, which it said had
constituted a drawback to good governance in the state.
In another development, however, the state has set machinery in
motion for the recruitment of 2000 primary school teachers to shore up
the operations and good standards in the state’s primary school system.
The State’s Commissioner for Information, Dr. Godwin Udeuhele,
disclosed this on Saturday following a meeting of the State Executive
Council that lasted into Friday night.
The council, according to him, took far reaching decisions,
including the ratification of the recommendation of a probe carried out
by the State Universal Basic Education Board that had recommended the
sack of all education secretaries of the 17 local council areas in the
state, except that of Awgu LG who was appointed just last June.
The commissioner explained that the termination of the appointments
became necessary to inject fresh ideas and impetus into the
administration’s resolve of enhancing basic education in the state, a
drive that was no longer found in the operations of the sacked
secretaries:
“The termination of appointment of the local government education
secretaries with the exception of that of Awgu is to enhance and
strengthen development of basic education in the state”, Udeuhele said.
The council accused the officers of practices inimical to the
desired growth in the basic education system of the state, adding that
they connived with the past local government chairmen to bring the
system down, especially in effecting some illegalities.
To strengthen the sector, the commissioner said that the council
also approved the recruitment of 2000 primary school teachers in the
state to enhance teaching and learning.
On the move to employ some 2000 primary school teachers, he stated
that “those to be employed must have a minimum qualification of National
Certificate on Education (NCE) from recognized institutions.
He said, “This recruitment must reflect at least 100 persons each
from the 17 local government areas of the state and should be evenly
spread across the 260 electoral wards in the state,” adding that the
process has already begun and would be completed before the next
academic session kicks off.
The state government has also ordered immediate withdrawal of the
recently reinstated traffic regulations enforcement team of the State
Ministry of Transport following public complaints against their
activities.
The council also approved the dissolution of the board of the
State Water Corporation and removal of the managing director of Enugu
State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency over poor performance.
Source:Dailypost
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