The Osun State Government has appealed with affected Ex-N-Power teachers to return to schools for revision classes.
It would be recalled that the ex-N-Power teachers were handling Senior Secondary School Three classes before they were exited from the scheme.
Meanwhile, in a public service announcement issued out on Monday which was signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Special Intervention Programmes, Lukman Bello, on behalf of the State’s Commissioner for Education, Mr Folorunsho Bamisayemi, urged the volunteers to sacrifice for the future of the students that are preparing for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
The announcement read in part, “Sequel to an appeal to all N-Power teachers who were directly teaching SS3 classes in Osun Public High Schools by the Commissioner for Education, Hon. Folorunsho Bamisayemi, to go back for the revision classes currently going on to prepare our students for the examination commencing on the 17th of August, 2020.
“I want to passionately appeal to the affected Ex N-Power Volunteers in both Batch A and Bath B to please honour Osun Government. No sacrifice is too much for the future of our students.”
*NPOWER OSOGBO AND OLORUNDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT KICK AGAINST ANY PLEA FROM SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO OSUN STATE GOVERNOR ON SPECIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES, 10TH OF AUGUST, 2020.*
It’s saddening to hear Mr Lukman Abimbola Bello appealing to Osun State EX – NPOWER VOLUNTEERS on Media to go back to schools as if he has forgotten all his tactics, delay and deceit used in 2018 gubernatorial election, when the volunteers across local government in the state were asked to show up physically for Governor Gboyega Oyetola to unveil plans he had for beneficiaries in the state.
The same SSA alleged all beneficiaries that:
i) We worked against the victory of Governor Gboyega Oyetola in 2018 governorship election.
ii) the beneficiaries didn’t vote for APC and were engaged in Anti-party, as if NPOWER programme was political empowerment.
However, we urged Mr Lukman Abimbola Bello, (SSA) to stop using force call to intimidate and coerce NPOWER volunteers in the two local government to resume back to schools.
*OUR POSITION:*
As good and law abiding citizens of our dear state, we are not enemy of progress to our dear state and students in the terminal classes but we say no to *be use and dump* again.
1. We want appropriate authority *(Commissioner for education in Osun State)* to come out with clear terms and conditions or any package they have for EX – NPOWER volunteers in the state.
2. We are tired of empty promises, any kinds of threats, intimidation will never work anymore.
3. We are competent and qualified to fill all the vacancies position in MDAs, schools.
4. We are graduate, we have families to cater for, we say no to free service.
No to forceful resumption!
No to intimidation!!
No to kangaroo appeals!!!
*Signed: OSOGBO AND OLORUNDA NPOWER VOLUNTEERS*