The
Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Edo State has said it believed
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, will do
better in terms of teachers’ welfare and state of education in the
state.
It said it was happy with the current state of education and absolved Governor Adams Oshiomhole of owing them salaries.
Chairman of NUT, Comrade Mike Uhunwangho, stated this during an interactive with Obaseki.
Uhunwangho urged Obaseki to sustain the regular payment policy in the state, as well as provision of buses for teachers.
Obaseki assured the teachers that he would not take them for granted and promised to hold frequent teacher’s conference to address problems of teachers in the state.
The APC guber candidate explained to the teachers that he got
involved in Edo politics when the decay caused by the PDP administration
became unbearable for those living in and outside the state.
He said, “If the situation in Edo was like it was in 2007, I will not be who I am today. I didn’t know things were worse than what Ithought until we got to government house”.
“We have a long way to go, by the grace of God, in my four year term I will refurbish our entire primary and more secondary school because we must start to get our beginning right.
“We started a revolution in Edo state but that is just phase one but the real revolution will be sitting with you and addressing all your problems and affecting the educational system positively in the state. You are the teachers, you teach us, we can’t teach you.
He, however, assured that: “By the tradition we have, we will be transparent and clear in all our dealings. I have come to say this is me. I want to assure you that I have heard you very clearly. I am going to sit down with you at the senatorial and state level and proffer solutions to the various problems. I am a listening governor, i am going to sit with you and make a decision and those decisions are going to be kept because my words are my bond”.
It said it was happy with the current state of education and absolved Governor Adams Oshiomhole of owing them salaries.
Chairman of NUT, Comrade Mike Uhunwangho, stated this during an interactive with Obaseki.
Uhunwangho urged Obaseki to sustain the regular payment policy in the state, as well as provision of buses for teachers.
Obaseki assured the teachers that he would not take them for granted and promised to hold frequent teacher’s conference to address problems of teachers in the state.
He said, “If the situation in Edo was like it was in 2007, I will not be who I am today. I didn’t know things were worse than what Ithought until we got to government house”.
“We have a long way to go, by the grace of God, in my four year term I will refurbish our entire primary and more secondary school because we must start to get our beginning right.
“We started a revolution in Edo state but that is just phase one but the real revolution will be sitting with you and addressing all your problems and affecting the educational system positively in the state. You are the teachers, you teach us, we can’t teach you.
He, however, assured that: “By the tradition we have, we will be transparent and clear in all our dealings. I have come to say this is me. I want to assure you that I have heard you very clearly. I am going to sit down with you at the senatorial and state level and proffer solutions to the various problems. I am a listening governor, i am going to sit with you and make a decision and those decisions are going to be kept because my words are my bond”.
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