Sokoto Govt Assures Newly Recruited Teachers of Imminent Salary Payment
The Sokoto State Government says newly recruited teachers in the state will soon begin receiving their salaries as the process of enrolling them on the state payroll is being concluded.
The State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Professor Ahmad Ladan Ala, disclosed this while declaring open a three-day induction training for the newly recruited teachers in Sokoto.
The training, held at the Auditorium of the Sultan Muhammad Maccido Institute for Qur’an and General Studies, Sokoto, is organised by the Sokoto State Government through the Teachers’ Service Board (TSB), with support from Plan International Nigeria.
Represented at the event by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Sanusi Aliyu Binji, the Commissioner explained that the delay in salary payments was due to the due process required to enrol the newly recruited teachers on the state payroll and ensure they meet all requirements for full integration into the state civil service.
Professor Ala said the government had put measures in place to ensure transparency in the exercise, adding that Governor Ahmad Aliyu had constituted a committee to oversee the process.
He reaffirmed the government’s commitment to improving education at all levels and called on the people of Sokoto State to continue supporting the administration’s efforts to promote sustainable development.
Earlier, the Executive Chairman of the Sokoto State Teachers’ Service Board, Professor Mustafa Namakka Tukur, said the induction programme was designed to properly orient the newly recruited teachers and prepare them for the responsibilities and challenges of the teaching profession.
Professor Tukur disclosed that about 1,200 newly recruited teachers would benefit from the training across the three senatorial districts of the state.
He said the ongoing training in Sokoto Central Zone was for teachers posted to the Teachers’ Service Board and serving in schools within the zone, while similar programmes would subsequently be held in Yabo for teachers serving in Sokoto South Zone and Gwadabawa for those in Sokoto East Zone.
The Project Coordinator of Plan International Nigeria, Sadiya Abbas, commended the Sokoto State Government for its commitment to education and for providing opportunities to strengthen teachers’ capacity across the state.
Also speaking, the Executive Secretary of the State Teachers’ Service Board, A’ishatu Zarummai, urged the newly recruited teachers to remain punctual, disciplined, committed and hardworking.
She charged them to justify the confidence reposed in them by the government by demonstrating professionalism and dedication to their students and schools.
The opening ceremony featured goodwill messages from the Executive Secretary of the Female Education Board, Shehu Aliyu; Executive Secretary of the Agency for Mass Education, Dr. Nura Bello Abubakar; the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) State Coordinator and other education stakeholders.
The training is being facilitated by Dr. Dangaladima Wadatau of Shehu Shagari College of Education and his team.
The three-day induction programme is expected to equip the newly recruited teachers with the knowledge, professional orientation and practical skills needed to effectively contribute to the development of education in Sokoto State.
