Soludo finally speaks on sacking of 1,000 Anambra teachers

Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, revealed that over 1,000 teachers in the state had their jobs with the state government revoked since they were engaged in a murky way.

According to the governor, the impacted individuals are still unqualified for the position.

Soludo stated in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Chris Aburime, on Thursday that the administration has not fired any competent teachers.

The appointments were terminated, according to Soludo, as part of his administration’s endeavor to reorganize the education sector in accordance with best practices.

“The Governor’s attention has been attracted to publications on protest by Parents/Teachers Association teachers, reportedly converted to permanent staff in Anambra schools,” the statement stated.

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“The protesters, who barricaded the entrance of the state House of Assembly, displayed placards with various inscriptions, claiming to have been engaged by the state government before the termination of their jobs. 

“For the avoidance of doubt, no qualified teacher in the state’s school system has been relieved of his/her appointment. 

“The affected PTA teachers who were “converted” to the school system in the last days of the last administration in irregular, hazy circumstances. 

“They were only asked to regularise their employment with the government by taking part in the online teachers’ recruitment test. 

“The idea is to ensure that only those with requisite qualifications, proven capacity and commensurate experiences are recruited into the system. 

“At all times, Prof. Soludo means well for the good people of Anambra State and will stop at nothing in giving them the best, education inclusive.” 

Some of the affected teachers said they were duly employed and issued appointment letters by the last administration in November 2021 but were sacked in April 2022. 

They said they had served the Anambra education school system for between two years and seven years as Parents/Teachers’ Association teachers. 

They argued that if they could be engaged in that capacity, they should also be worthy of regularised employment. 

The sacked teachers said it was unfair to sack them unceremoniously after working for about seven months without pay and called on the governor to kindly reinstate them. 

The state government had advertised 5,000 vacancies in the Education and Health sectors, in which no fewer than 31,800 were shortlisted for computer-based test. 

The online examination is scheduled to hold on June 11.