JUST IN: Ekiti begins N30, 000 new minimum wage payment October
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said the state
government would begin the implementation of the new minimum wage of
N30,000 from this month.
Fayemi said the decision was predicated on the need to improve the
living standard of workers, especially teachers to be able to deliver
the best and reposition the state to its pride of place as the education
nerve centre of the country.
The Governor spoke at Oluyemi Kayode stadium in Ado Ekiti on Saturday
during the 2019 celebration of the Teachers’ Day, with the theme:
“Young Teachers, the Future of the Profession”.
At the event, Mr. Henry Olaoluwa Asubiojo of Amoye Grammar School and
Tajudeen Olaoye of Anglican Primary School, Esun Ekiti and Mrs Mojisola
Ehinafe of Technical School, Ado Ekiti, were awarded with cash price of
N500,000 each, for emerging as the best teachers in the state.
Fayemi said he decided to inject new breeds of teachers into the
state’s public schools, by recruiting 2,000 new teachers to safeguard
the future of the state.
“We will commence payment of N30,000 to workers in Ekiti with effect
from this month. We are determined to reward diligence because the
workers, particularly our teachers have done the state proud.
“In this year’s WAEC, Ekiti was ranked 12th. I want to salute our
teachers but that is not where Ekiti belonged, we must continually do
more to rise to number one”, he said.
He said he was highly determined to protect and preserve the core values of making Ekiti the education capital of the nation.
Fayemi said he decided to establish more schools in Ado Ekiti capital
city to depopulate the overpopulated ones and make learning more
conducive.
“The only way we can reclaim.our lost glory in education is to
encourage our teachers in and outside service. I will promote functional
and technical education in this state.
“I have also ensured that all students of school age are in schools
in line with education law which makes basic education compulsory and in
line with global best practice.
In his lecture at the forum, the Provost, College of Education, Prof.
Isaac Adeoluwa, said for Nigeria to move to its pride of place,
teachers must be made to be ICT compliant and embrace modern techniques
of teaching.
“Use of digital tools methodology makes learners innovative, expand
scope of retention, increase teachers competitiveness and relevance and
create enabling environment for both learners and teachers”, he said.
The Chairman of the Ekiti State chapter of the Nigeria Union of
Teachers, Com. Samuel Odugbesan praised Fayemi for recruiting teachers
into public schools across the state, saying this will help in
strengthening the future of education.
His counterpart in Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, Com.
Sola Adigun , said prompt and regular payment of salaries has rescued
the teachers from wanton poverty.
Odugbesan said: “Teachers are retiring every day without replacement
but with these recruitments in primary and secondary schools, the future
of our education is guaranteed.
“Not having young teachers in the teaching profession is threatening
the future of education and these recruitments are commendable”,
appealing to Fayemi to pay all outstanding salaries and allowances for
improved welfare and wellbeing of the teachers.
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