A messenger, Malam Abubakar
Shu’aibu, 45, of Government Secondary School, Aminu Marmara, Sabongari Zaria,
Kaduna State, on Tuesday slumped into coma shortly after receiving his sack
letter.
A credible witness confirmed this
to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the area on condition of anonymity for
fear of victimisation.
The source said the incident
happened Tuesday morning shortly after the affected person received his sack
letter.
He said that the messenger had
served the state for about 11 years.
“We reported to work this morning
and Abubakar Shu’aibu was invited to Zonal Education Office; on reaching there,
they served him with a sack letter.
“When he returned to the school,
he showed us the letter and we all advised him to see it as an act of God
Almighty as nothing happens to a person without the consent of God.
“He also admitted that that’s
what God had destined for him, but all of a sudden, the man collapsed and went
into coma instantly.
“We acted very fast by giving him
a first aid. We took him up and lie him down on the floor, fanning him
continuously and he gradually regained his consciousness,’’ he said.
The source added that teachers
present at the scene of the incident converged and took a decision to mobilise
something from their salary to empower him economically.
The source also said that the
teachers begged the school principal, Malam Sa’idu Liman-Umar, to consider
employing the sacked messenger as a temporary worker to cushion the effect for
the meantime.
“The principal agreed to render
possible assistance as the case may be,’’ said the source.
Officials in the Zonal Education
Office in Zaria declined comment, saying that they were not directed to speak
to the press.
Also the state Ministry of
Education and the state Government is yet to react to the development.
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i had
directed that all messengers, cleaners and drivers who spent 10 years in
service without obtaining at least a Diploma or NCE should be sacked.
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Why must cleaner, messengers and drivers have NCE? Are they teaching the students? Governor El-Rufai this is very wrong.
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