Teachers in
Ekiti State under the aegis of Positive Minds Club (PMC) for Ekiti Teachers,
have hailed the House of Representatives for passing a vote of no confidence on
the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, over his refusal
to attend the House sectoral debate on the steel sector to find solutions to
the troubled Ajaokuta Steel Plant held yesterday.
The PMC,
which is a gathering of retired and serving teachers in Ekiti State, also
called for the immediate sack of Dr Fayemi, who is a former governor of the
State, and saluted the courage of the Leader of the House, Hon. Femi
Gbajabiamila, who moved the motion of no confidence vote, not minding political
affiliation. Rising from its meeting in Ado Ekiti on Friday, the teachers said
in a communique signed by the PMC President, Comrade Patrick Ojo and Public
Relations Officer, Comrade Olusola Agbele and read to journalists that “By passing
a vote of no confidence on Dr Fayemi, who has never hidden his hatred for
teachers in Ekiti State and Nigeria in general, the All Progressives Congress
(APC) controlled House of Representatives has further exposed him as lacking
competence and integrity to continue to hold any public office in Nigeria.”
They called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the minister and get a better
replacement among APC members in Ekiti State, noting that he lacked the
required competence and integrity to hold public office.
The statement read in
part; “In saner climes, Dr Fayemi would have resigned or be sacked by now.
“Nigerians should be reminded that consequent upon his indictment by a duly
constituted Judicial Commission of Inquiry, which probed his tenure as governor
of Ekiti State between 2010 and 2014; Dr Fayemi was banned from holding public
office in the state for 10 years. “It should also be noted that the same way Dr
Fayemi held the House of Representatives with contempt yesterday was the way he
refused to appear before the Ekiti State House of Assembly and the Judicial
Commission of Inquiry. “As Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Fayemi did not only loot
the treasury with reckless abandon and plunge the State into debt; he killed
the morale of teachers by demoting them and imposing unwarranted Competency
Test on them, thus collapsing education in the State. He has also continued to
lend support to needless sacking of teachers in the country, especially in
Kaduna State. “Interestingly, the same teachers that he termed as incompetent
were the ones still teaching pupils in Ekiti schools, and have achieved first
position in NECO Exams twice and tremendous improvement in WASSCE. “Even as a
minister, nothing can be pointed to in Ekiti as his impact despite the solid minerals
that abound in the State. “Therefore, such a character lacked the required
competence and integrity to hold public office and we call on President
Muhammadu Buhari to sack him and get a better replacement, which abounds in
Ekiti. “Among APC members in Ekiti State, there are competent people who will
represent the State better in the Federal Executive Council (FEC).”
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