Commissioner: Yahaya Bello didn’t order sack of Kogi teachers for not supporting APC

Wemi Jones, Kogi commissioner for education, science and technology, says Yahaya Bello, the state governor, did not order the sack of teachers for not supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC).

NAN reports that the commissioner, in a statement on Friday, said the state has no plan to sack any teacher.

Jones described the rumour as an “absolute falsehood” and asked the public to disregard such.

“It is a figment of the imagination of unscrupulous individuals masquerading under the guise of opposition with the intention to create disaffection amongst teachers and workers in the state,” he said.

“As a matter of fact, the state government is about releasing the list of 1,500 successful applicants to be employed as teachers in the state’s secondary schools in the first phase of the ongoing recruitment exercise for teachers. So, the purported report is from the pit of hell.”

The commissioner said no teacher was asked to show a party membership card during the just-concluded recruitment exercise in the state.

“So, this misinformation is one too many by the opposition, as the report is not logical, but one laced with lies and vendetta to paint the state government black for no just cause,” he said.

“There was no time any directive was issued to local government chairmen as contained in the report to compile names of teachers not sympathetic to the APC.

“This present administration is one that has placed premium on the recruitment and improvement of the welfare of teachers and workers top on the front burner.”

Jones said the Bello-led administration remains committed to repositioning the education sector in the state.

He added that the state government will ensure people are free to make their choices in the forthcoming elections.