Declare state of emergency in teacher education-Oyo Commissioner

 

A passionate call has been made to the present administration in the Federal Republic of Nigeria to urgently declare a state of emergency in teacher education.

This call was made by the Oyo state Commissioner for Investment, Trade, cooperative and Industry, Prof. Solihu Aelabu at the 2026 World Teachers’ Day Celebration with theme’ ’STANDING WITH TEACHERS:60 YEARS OF PROTECTING THE PROFESSION, ADVANCING ITSD STATUS AND SHAPING OUR FUTURE’’ organized by the state wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Ibadan, Nigeria.

‘’Let the Federal Government declare a state of emergency in teachers’ education. The working conditions of teachers has deteriorated, and now they make use of impoverished teaching aids. In addition, the schools lack basic amenities. Teacher shortages has worsened. The morale of teachers is very low. I want to call on state government to recruit more teachers, like Oyo state. In the past 7 years, the administration of Engr. Seyi Makinde has recruited about 30, 000 teachers.

 

Prof. Adelabu emphasized the opportunities that education unlocks, while lamenting that ‘’ 60 years is also a time for honest assessment of the ILO/UNSECO recommendations for the betterment of teachers. We teachers, where are we today? Are we reshaping our future? We need to reconstruct. 60 years after, what is the position of the teaching profession? In many parts of the world teachers are poorly paid, socially undervalued and undertrained. The teaching profession is treated as a last resort rather than a first choice. Teachers are professionals who deserve respect and fair compensation. Coming back to Nigeria, is the teaching a profession? There are people who are not trained but are in the classrooms.

He noted that research had pointed out that Nigeria requires 1.3 million teachers in primary schools, saying, ‘’592,700 teachers serve approximately almost 32 million students. You can see where we are. This is Nigeria education for you. The benchmark for a teacher to a pupil is supposed to be 1-25, but what we have is a teacher to about 70 pupils.’’

Prof. Adelabu urged teachers to keep hope alive, adding, ‘’ the promise is not kept, but we must not give up hope. Continue to believe in the future. If we truly want development, we must all rise and stand with teachers.

In his address, the state NUT chairman, Hassan Fatai commended the state governor for his achievements in the education sector, saying, ‘’The NUT, Oyo state Wing is particularly grateful and sincerely appreciative of the Oyo state Government led by Engr. Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde, FNSE, DSC, GSSRS for his outstanding performance in the governance of Oyo state, especially in advancing our education system and ‘standing tall’’ wityh teachers of Oyo state since his assumption of duty in 2019 as the Executive Governor of the Pace-Setter state. Teachers have not been having it good before now. Oyo state teachers say ‘’ THANK YOU SIR’’.

However, the orientation, attitude choice of words, dress patterns among others of pupils and students in both the public and private schools in the state calls for concerted efforts to reverse the disturbing trend.

In his remarks, the chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Nureni Adeniran pointed out that indemnifying with teachers is to recognize their selfless service to humanity, adding,’’ we should go beyond ceremonial appreciation, by providing teaching and learning resources for teachers. The need opportunities for professional growth and monitoring.''

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Evil doers gain access to the children of God when there is spiritual emptiness, demographic disorder, elite self-hatred, technological control and manipulation, economic dependency and the weaponization of hunger and poverty, the fear of speaking the truth among several other factors.

The evil-minded take advantage of well publicized ideology to brainwash the ignorant and illiterate, make use of intimidation and institutional compromise and the deliberate undermining of inheritance to make a self-centered head way.

In these perilous times, those who are either witnesses, victims or students of history, readily outline close monitoring of the activities of targets, strange phone calls, the co-opting of relatives, family members and domestic staff into evil plots, ambush on travels and the resort to the female genders to achieve devilish and sinister ends.

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This is unfortunate and disturbing considering the avoidable bloodshed in different parts of Nigeria.

From time immemorial the fear of God and constructive engagement have been the credible and reliable tools used to checkmate man’s inhumanity to his fellow man.

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The moment their oath is taken or an individual is brought before their shrines, the worshipers will contrive ways to poison or charm an individual so that such individual’s property (land, buildings, possessions, finances among others) will become theirs.

The agents of these shrines are mostly found among the lower wrung of the social ladder, while those they look up to are the wealthy.

Interestingly, those, as stipulated by the constitution, whose responsibility is to enforce the laws of the land and dispense justice have failed Nigerians and are unperturbed by the plight of Nigerians.

Depravity and callousness are now the trend.

The overhauling of these institutions which are primarily responsible for the enforcement of laws and the dispensation of justice is long overdue, but those-in-charge are benefitting immensely from their shortcomings and deficiencies.

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