Rivers State House of Assembly Suspends the ongoing Teachers Recruitment exercise

Dame Alice Lawrence Nemi,Commissioner For Education  (Rivers state)

I saw a post on twitter from the Nigerian News desk about the suspension of the ongoing teachers recruitment exercise in the state and other tweets asking if this was true. This morning I made some calls and asked some questions which lead me to find out that it is true and it happened as a result of a motion moved in the House of Assembly by Mr Ibiso Nwuche, representing Ahoada-East constituency, on the issue of the Ministry of Education Hijacking the functions of the Universal Basic Education Board and the Senior Secondary Schools Management Board by conducting the exercise.

The Rivers House of Assembly yesterday(Tuesday 6th NoV) invited the Commissioner for Education in the state, Miss Alice Lawrence Nemi, to appear before it on Wednesday 7th Nov 2012.

She is to explain the circumstances surrounding the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise by the state Ministry of Education. It warned that the lawmakers would not entertain any excuse for non-compliance to the resolution. 

Quotes from the State House Assembly Sitting::

"I want us to amend prayer two  and I want prayer two to read thus;, the Commissioner and her team plus the Permanent Secretary and the directors should  appear before the House tomorrow  morning ,10 am.
 

‘’ Make sure you convey the resolution of the House to her immediately. We will not entertain any excuse. Tomorrow, she must appear before the house at 10.00am.’’
 

Nwuche had, in his motion, prayed the House to suspend the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise in the state.
 

He said the exercise ought to have been handled by the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) and the Senior Secondary Schools Board and not the ministry.
 

The lawmaker noted that for the ministry to hijack the exercise, it had rendered redundant the two boards from carrying out their statutory functions.

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