Sheriff Oborevwori, the governor of Delta State, has given his approval for 22 local government areas in the state to hire primary school teachers, secretaries, and watchmen.
Victor Ebonka, the Delta State Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), made the statement to the media after the State Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting on Friday in Asaba.
Ebonka stated that the approval was given at the JAAC meeting and that the recruiting process will be based on each local government’s evaluation of its requirements.
According to him, “At today’s JAAC meeting, His Excellency, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, approved for 22 out of the 25 local government councils to immediately employ the services of primary school teachers in their respective Local Government Councils.
“This employment will not have a uniform number because each local government council will be considering those that have retired from their councils. So the number to employ will vary from council to council.
“We are also employing watchmen, clerical officers, and all other support staff for the Local Government Education Authority. This will go a long way in solving the problem of lack of teachers in our primary schools.”
Additionally, the CEO of ALGON refuted claims that the councils received a big windfall, claiming that the allocation they received for July was typical.
He stated:
“We heard from the rumour mill that about N1.9 trillion will be distributed for the month of July. I want to let you know that we just rose from the JAAC meeting.
“What you heard was just a rumour. There is nothing unusual about the allocation distributed for the month of July. Although, it is higher than what we had several years ago.”
“About the N40 billion facility, all the necessary steps and processes have been completed, and even the one per cent management fee has been paid. We strongly believe that we will be able to access the money next month.
“Like we said before, we are going to be paying all of the funds that we will access directly to the pensioners. The forensic experts that we have engaged are presently auditing the accounts to ensure that the actual accruals are paid to the pensioners”.
cc: Daily Post Ng
