Protest as Ogun govt ‘cancels’ recruitment of 1,500 teachers

About 1,500 youths, who have been mentioned to have been shortlisted for employment into the Ogun State educating service, have accused the State Authorities of abruptly cancelling the recruitment train.

The candidates staged a protest on Tuesday on the Governor’s workplace, Okemosan, Abeokuta, carrying placards with varied inscriptions, as they appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun to present them their appointment letters.

Based on them, the Ogun State Commissioner for Training, Professor Abayomi Arigbabu, had as soon as informed them that their appointment letters is probably not out anytime quickly, blaming this on paucity of funds.

This, they mentioned, gave rise to the recruitment of ‘informal academics’, who would function interns for a interval of two years.

DAILY POST stories that the state authorities started the recruitment of academics within the final quarter of 2019.

About 29,000 had utilized for the 1,500 vacant educating slots as of November 2019.

Our correspondent stories that certified candidates have been later shortlisted for interviews, however the train was placed on maintain on account of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

In October 2020, Abiodun assured that 1,655 graduate academics can be employed, including that the method was at a complicated stage.

He disclosed that profitable candidates can be contacted in due time.

However, the candidates mentioned none of them has heard from the state authorities as of March 30, 2021.

Talking on behalf of the protesters, an applicant, Yemi Oyeleye, pleaded with Abiodun to present them the educating job, as they’ve waited for a number of months.

The protesters expressed worries that the Training Commissioner has introduced the recruitment of informal academics, cancelling the primary recruitment train.

Addressing newsmen on the NUJ Secretariat, Iwe-Iroyin, Abeokuta, Adeleye mentioned “what we anticipated from the federal government was the completion of the continuing recruitment train, which has taken as much as two years now.”

Oyeleye mentioned the federal government not talk with them, saying “We’re those forcing ourselves to listen to from them now, however they refused to speak to us.”

Based on him, a number of letters have been written to the governor, commissioner and different high authorities functionaries, however to no avail.

“We wish them to launch our appointment letters. They’ve began recruitment, they despatched us a congratulatory messages that we’ve got been chosen,” Oyeleye pleaded.

Additionally in his phrases, one other applicant, Ismail Gbeletan, said that the state authorities gave no updates on the 1,500 shortlisted candidates, nevertheless it rolled out the recruitment of informal academics.

Gbeletan recalled assembly with Arigbabu, saying he confided in them that the difficulty of appointment letter just isn’t possible once more as a result of the federal government just isn’t that financially buoyant to pay everlasting academics.

Reacting, the Chairman of the State Common Fundamental Training Board (SUBEB), Dr Femi Majekodunmi said that the state authorities has not cancelled the recruitment of 1,500 academics.

He, nevertheless, mentioned the method was stalled by the paucity of funds.

He described the most recent recruitment train as an interim association, a contract for 2 years.

“Authorities didn’t neglect them. The scenario of issues and paucity of funds is the issue. However, the interim recruitment is out there for them to partake,” Majekodunmi mentioned.