Borno state Governor Umaru Zulum has stated that all qualified primary school teachers in the state will soon begin to earn a minimum wage of N30,000, as against current situation in which some teachers earn as low as N11,000 due to activities of ghost teachers.
He disclosed this on Monday, at the government house in Maiduguri, while inaugurating reconstituted board of the Borno State University Basic Education Board (BUBEB). This became necessary following the expiration of tenures served by former members of the UBE board.
The reconstituted board got a new executive chairman, 3 permanent member andbm representatives of stakeholder ministries. The chairman is Professor Bulama Kagu, while the permanent members are Hon. Abubakar Mai Deribe, Alhaji Sadiq Abdullah and Habu Daja Aliyu.
Governor Zulum noted that the unqualified teachers identified during assessments, who are trainable, will be sent for professional teachers training to acquire skills and methodologies that can help then teach effectively.
He however noted that those that are not trainable will be transferred to other departments as non-academic staffs in schools.
The governor ruled out retrenchment including those of untrainable teachers, so as not to increase an already high unemployment rate, with social implications.
In another development, Governor Zulum at the same event, also inaugurated the Chairman and members of a newly established Borno State Audit Service Commission.
The Board is headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Lawalam with Auditor General of the State, Auditor General for Local Government, Alhaji Mohammed Kauji, Zannah Lawan Mustapha and Zannah Dalatu Shettima Kullima as members.
The Governor noted that the commission was established to sanitize governance process from all forms of financial indiscipline and ensure adherence to all financial regulations and extant laws for effective management of public resources in the state.
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