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By Muhd D Haidar
No fewer than 5,588 Jigawa state indigenes have been offered with permanent and pensionable appointment by the administration Governor Malam Umar Namadi.
Hotpen reports that, the massive appointment came barely 8 years after the previous governments placed an embargo on employment in the state, this has made the percentage contributed by workers out of the earning to as pension contributions to dropped by 70% making payment of pension to retiress difficult in the state in the last 2 years.
Speaking during a grand occasion for the distribution of the employment offers held at Malam Aminu Kano Triangle Dutse, Governor Namadi said, the mass employment was part of plan for the successful implementation of his 12 point agenda.
The Governor explained that there is no government policy that can be fully and effectively implemented without enough train and capable manpower. The break down of beneficiaries of employment stood at 3,143 permanent Teachers and 2,445 other in the state.
He said:- “Our 12 point agenda designed to make Jigawa state great included access to quality education for all child 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 this untill we have teacher in every classroom.”
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 employed as 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
He however told the newly recruited staffs that, the board will keep monitoring them and will not be hesitant to sack any one who failed to abide by the employment rules as stated in the offer of their employment.