Kogi teachers lament poor state of schools

Teachers in Kogi State Saturday lamented the poor state of infrastructure in schools.

According to them, over 90 percent of schools in Kogi State had deficient infrastructures, poor or non-existence laboratories, and libraries with outdated books.

The Kogi State Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, Comrade Ranti Ojo, made this revelation while speaking at the occasion marking this year’s World Teacher’s Day in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

Comrade Ojo implored the state government to declare a state of emergency in secondary education in the state, adding that the sector was in a worrisome state.

He also lamented that there was shortage of teachers in schools across the state.

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He told the governor that the state of schools in the state called for urgent attention to the students who were expected to lead the nation in future.

“We have been making this call year in year out, yet no government has deemed it necessary to heed our calls. We make the call again today believing that this government that has education as one of its thematic area of focus will urgently take steps to do the needful,” he said.

In his response, the Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello said adequate welfare package will henceforth be given to teachers in the employ of the state for greater productivity.

Bello who was represented by his Chief of Staff and running mate in the November 16 governorship election in the state, Edward Onoja, said his administration would continue to sustain regular payment of salaries not only to teachers, but to all other categories of workers in the state.

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