Nasir El-Rufai, governor of
Kaduna, says many teachers will be sacked across northern states after the 2019
elections.
According to PUNCH, el-Rufai said
this while speaking at the 4th distinguished guest lecture of the University of
Medical Science, Ondo state.
Earlier in the year, the governor
embarked on reforms in the educational sector which led to over 21,000 teacher
being displaced.
El-Rufai said after he took the
action, many of his colleagues in the north told him that what he did was
right.
He said they did not summon the
courage to do the same before the election.
“We have different governors’
fora in the country. We also have the Northern Governors’ Forum, where we share
experiences. I can tell you that many of my colleagues from the northern states
told me that what I was doing was right,” he said.
“They told me that they had more
serious cases in their states, but they couldn’t do anything about the
problems. So I think after the next election, you will see a lot of the reforms
happening because many of the governors will decide to do the same thing.
“It is just that they are not as
reckless as I am. We took a collective decision because it was the right thing
to do. If you don’t do this, why not walk away from the governor’s seat? What
is more important to me is education. Many of my colleagues have talked to me
in private that they would do the same thing (sack teachers) after the
election.”
El-Rufai said he knew his
administration was making the right decision when they started receiving
support from “top Nigerians”.
“I am very grateful to Mr President.
He came out clearly and supported what we did in Kaduna. No professor of
education supported us,” he said.
“We had to ask ourselves
questions repeatedly, if we were doing the right thing or not. But the moment
we started receiving support from top Nigerians, we were convinced that we were
on the right track.”
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Professors did not support you on the reckless sack but Buhari who is not even a polytechnic OND holder supported you you are happy?
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