By RASAQ IBRAHIM, Ado-Ekiti --- Ekiti has reversed the appointment of 100 newly recruited teachers in the state as a result of the economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chairman
of the Teaching Service Commission, Babatunde Abegunde, who stated this
in a statement on Thursday, said the appointment was suspended to
prevent a situation where teachers would not get salaries.
Abegunde
said Governor Kayode Fayemi has directed the refund of money paid by
successful candidates in the process of their appointment for purchase
of the Teaching Service Manual, Service Record and Job Cards among
others.
He
explained contrary to insinuation in some quarters, the government
displayed a high degree of fairness in the recruitment exercise.
He
added that the sudden upsurge of the COVID-19 pandemic and the
attendant economic downturn as well as the ENDSARS protest stalled the
process.
Abegunde
recalled the commission commenced the process by mid-2020, adding the
target could not be met due to the lockdown and other effects of the
global pandemic.
He
said: “The process of recruiting the first batch of 400 teachers
started in October 2019 and was concluded in November 2020, adding that
the recruitment of the 100-second batch teachers began after the first
set of appointees were posted to the school.
“The
letters of appointment would have been given immediately after
documentation but was however not feasible because of the current
economic limitations of the State.”
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