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| Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori |
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff
Oborevwori has assured local government teachers in the state of the state
legislature support in their quest for autonomy and viability.
He, in the same vein, dissuaded rife allegations that the
state government had turned deaf ears to their plight stressing that the
government would soon Marshall out modalities
to ameliorate their issues.
The Speaker gave the assurance, Wednesday while addressing
members of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), during a
nationwide mega rally led to the gates of the State Assembly Complex
Rt Hon. Oborevwori who broke security protocol by opening
the gates of the State Assembly Complex to the rally, said no good government
turn deaf ears to the issues confronting its people, adding that the Senator
Ifeanyi Okowa led government is aware of the plights of the people and would
address them when they are within his jurisdiction.
Earlier, while presenting their issues, State Chairman of
the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Comrade Jonathan Jemirieyigbe called on the
state legislature to ensure that the payment of primary school teachers
salaries be taken over by the state governments in order to prevent the
education sub sector from imminent collapse.
He observed that primary school teachers are being owed
salaries for months in a number of states with Delta State not excluded, adding that it not only affects the survival
of teachers, but portends great danger for the future of under privileged children in the country.
Comrade Jemirieyigbe commended the Speaker for his humility
and stated that the NUT is not totally
against Local Government autonomy, but the Union is concerned about the
likelihood of scrapping the State Joint Local Government Account which would
mean taking primary education back to the dark pre-1994 era.
According to him, the Local Governments neither have the
capacity nor the political will to fund and
manage primary schools in the country stressing that any attempt as such is tantamount to
consigning primary education to the abyss of total collapse.
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