Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has thrown his weight behind the move by the governor of Kaduna state Nasir el-Rufai to sack 21,780 teachers, who failed the competency test conducted by the state government.
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Speaking at a special retreat of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the challenges facing the education sector, Buhari said it was no longer a secret that the sector was in crisis.
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The president said the effect of decay in the education sector is glaring, vowing that his administration would change the situation for the better.
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The plan of the state government had sparked controversy, with many calling on the governor to back down because of the economic implication on the affected civil servants.
The governor has announced plans to sack about 22,000 teachers who failed a competency test. The Kaduna government has also commenced the process to recruit 25,000 competent teachers to replace the ones to be laid off.
The move to lay off the ‘unfit’ teachers has been condemned by labour unions in the state as well as a senator, Shehu Sani, who accused the governor of trying to replace the teachers with his cronies.
