By; DAHIRU SULEIMAN, Dutse
Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has warned the newly recruited teachers, among other employed staff, to lived above board as government will closely monitor their performances based on employment rules as stated in their offer of employments.
Speaking during a grand occasion for the distribution of employment letters held at Malam Aminu Kano Triangle, Dutse.
He said, the mass employment is part of his 12 point agenda.
He also stressed that government will not hesitate to sack any one who faild to abide by the employment rules as stated in his or her appointment letters.
He explained that there is no government policy that can be fully and effectively implemented without enough trained and capable manpower.
“Our 12 point agenda was designed to make Jigawa State to attain a greater heights with emphasis on access to quality education to all eligible children in Jigawa State, as well as to bridge teacher’s gap, hence our resolve to employ more teachers, and reduce the gap for all children in state, and to achieve this, we must bridge our teachers gap, that is way we employed this number now and we will continue doing untill we have enough teachers in all our schools,” he said.
Speaking at the occasion, the chairman Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Professor Haruna Musa said, the teachers who served as temporary teachers for two years in the state were observed to permanent and pensionable after passing examination.
“All the 3,143 teachers were recruited based on merit and we are assured that, all of them are capable and they will give sound knowledge to our children.” The chairman stated
Other categories of employed staff include permanent employment to 143 first class graduates, permanent employment to 827 junior staff and 178 Senior Staff J-Health beneficiaries.
Similarly, temporary appointments were offered to 1,440 J-Agro employees and N50,000 SMEs grants to 400 women from Dutse Emirate, among others.
