Bolanle Akanji
Moderator
The verification of certificates of primary school
teachers in the southern Nigerian state of Edo
ordered by Governor Adams Oshiomhole has
begun to yield startling results, with the discovery
of a female teacher who could not read a sworn
affidavit tendered with her documents.
The embarrassing discovery was made at
Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha Local
Government Area, Benin City when Mrs Augusta
Odemwinge could not read a sworn affidavit she
tendered as part of her credentials.
Governor Oshiomhole who paid an unscheduled
visit to the State Staff Training Centre, venue of
the exercise, was disgusted that a teacher could
not read, saying “if you can’t read, what do you
teach the pupils, what do you write on the
board?”
On arrival at the centre, the governor took time to
peruse some of the teacher’s credentials and
documents presented.
Trouble started when Mrs. Odemwingie took her
turn for the exercise. The governor asked her to
read the affidavit she presented.
To the consternation of everybody present, the
teacher stumbled through the reading like a child just learning to read.
Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT,
Comrade Ikosimi who described Mrs Odemwingie's
failure as an embarrassment, said the Union
support the state government's move to sanitise
the school system.
“We are committed to partnering with the
government to reposition Education in the state.
What this teacher has just displayed is a show of
shame, it shows the decadence in the education
sector.
“As the chairman of NUT, I have written to the
governor that we are in total support of what he
is doing. He should properly involve the NUT so
that together we can fish out the culprits who are
not viable as far as the system is concerned,” he
said.
teachers in the southern Nigerian state of Edo
ordered by Governor Adams Oshiomhole has
begun to yield startling results, with the discovery
of a female teacher who could not read a sworn
affidavit tendered with her documents.
The embarrassing discovery was made at
Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha Local
Government Area, Benin City when Mrs Augusta
Odemwinge could not read a sworn affidavit she
tendered as part of her credentials.
Governor Oshiomhole who paid an unscheduled
visit to the State Staff Training Centre, venue of
the exercise, was disgusted that a teacher could
not read, saying “if you can’t read, what do you
teach the pupils, what do you write on the
board?”
On arrival at the centre, the governor took time to
peruse some of the teacher’s credentials and
documents presented.
Trouble started when Mrs. Odemwingie took her
turn for the exercise. The governor asked her to
read the affidavit she presented.
To the consternation of everybody present, the
teacher stumbled through the reading like a child just learning to read.
Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT,
Comrade Ikosimi who described Mrs Odemwingie's
failure as an embarrassment, said the Union
support the state government's move to sanitise
the school system.
“We are committed to partnering with the
government to reposition Education in the state.
What this teacher has just displayed is a show of
shame, it shows the decadence in the education
sector.
“As the chairman of NUT, I have written to the
governor that we are in total support of what he
is doing. He should properly involve the NUT so
that together we can fish out the culprits who are
not viable as far as the system is concerned,” he
said.
