Teachers and staff of all the ten mission schools shut down
in Ilorin, by the Kwara State government, have been directed to report at their
respective schools on Friday, March 19, 2021.
“Any staff who fails to report for duty will face the full
wrath of the law, as the state government will not condone any act of
Insurbordination.”
The Executive Chairman of the Kwara state Teaching Service
Commission, TESCOM, Malam Bello Tahueed Abubakar, issued the directive in a
statement in Ilorin on Thursday.
In the statement by the Press Secretary of the commission, Amogbonjaye Peter, the chairman, said ” The teachers’ resumption has become necessary in order to prepare the final year students for their external examinations.”
Bello, warned all stakeholders against taking the laws into
their hands, adding that, peace meeting continues between the government and
the stakeholders.
According to the chairman, ” The government regrets the
inconveniences the shut down might have caused the students, explaining that
the action was taken in the interest of peace.”
Bello, appealed to parents and members of the public to
remain calm as the government was on top of the situation since its meeting
with stakeholders was still ongoing.
The latest directive may not be unconnected with the resolve
of the Christian community leaders to defy the government’s directive and
sustain their resistance against the use of the hijab and the demand to return
mission schools to their original owners.
However, the state government is contesting the stance of
the Christian community saying, there will be no compromise on the demands as
the government had taken over the schools since 1974, with the backing of the
Nigerian constitution and Kwara state laws.
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