Teachers sent abroad for training have absconded – Jigawa state government

About 700 primary school teachers in Jigawa State stand the risk of losing their jobs, following the ongoing verification in the state, to fish out ghost teachers and absentees, especially those who went for in-service courses in universities across the world, but had graduated and refused to report to their place of work.

The action of those teachers has compelled the government to further suspend, indefinitely, in-service training courses. The government was furious that the teachers betrayed its trust by remaining abroad when their expertise was needed back home.
Lamenting the development, the Head of Service, Mohammed Inuwa Tahir, said: “What kind of degree course does a worker spend 15 years studying and still collecting salaries.
Our government will not condone laziness and unfair act by some workers who have the habit of completing their study and refusing to report back to their place of work.”