Sacked Teachers To Adeleke: We Are Dying Of Depression, Have Mercy On Us

THE 1,500 primary and secondary school teachers recruited by the immediate past administraon of former governor Adegboyega Oyetola have again pleaded with Governor Ademola Adeleke to rescind his execu ve order that nullified their appointment.

The teachers said depression is se ng for some of them, pleading with Adeleke not to push them back to unemployment.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Monday, the affected teachers noted that their ap- pointment followed due process, stating that they all followed all laid down rules and procedure during the recruitment process.

The sacked teachers were yet to be paid their salaries, it was gathered.

Speaking on behalf of her colleagues, Mrs. Eunice Isola, pleaded with the Governor to consider and allow them to con nue working as employees of the state government.

She said: “We have done everything possible to get his (Governor Adeleke’s) a enon but we have not been able to get his response. We are dying of depression because a

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Alecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, State of Osun, Dr. Tunji Ogunyemi, yesterday, said ordinary Nigerians, most especially pe y traders, will con nue to reject the old N200 notes even a er the direc ve of the Federal Government.

The economist, who spoke on Rave FM’s ‘Frank Talk’ programme in Osogbo, said the nega ve impression already created when the Central Bank said the money would no longer be accepted by the banks, will not allow people to obey the direc ve.

Ogunyemi who said the new naira policy was a perfectly sound economic logic, however, berated the Federal Government and CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, about the ming.

He said the currency redesign was like a programmed failure aimed at some group of people.

He said: “The policy is a perfectly sound economic logic. You can’t fault the logic but what about the ming? For a president who is leaving in four months me and he is taking a monumental decision without consulting the Council of State and the Na onal Assembly.

“The truth of the ma er is that this currency redesigning is like programmed failure. It is aimed at some group of people, so that they are so vilified and belated to the extent that their vehicles will not be usable in terms of convincing the public for anything.

“The policy is malicious and badly med. At any rate, even if you are taking a decision that is wrong, can you not do a reversal, especially when the Na onal Assembly in its separate chambers appealed for a reversal?

“It is too late for the government to ask ordinary Nigerians to start accep ng the N200 old note because the nega ve impression had already been created that the money will no longer be accepted by the banks a er some me.

“That nega ve impression, I tell you, the man selling locust beans or the woman selling pepper in the market which accounts for 60% of the informal sector anyway, will never take that naira again.

“If you like, go and call mobile police, they will not accept it. The damage is just too far. Except the president says for the next one year, they will not accept the old notes”. great number of us had resigned from our former places of employment.”

Corroborating what Isola said, another affected teachers, Em- manuel Adedeji, explained that their recruitment exercise started in 2020 while they were issued appointment le ers on September 30,

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Adedeji submitted that it does not speak well of the government to force them back to the street as jobless individuals.