From Moshood Adebayo, Abeokuta
Ogun State Government has announced suspension of no fewer than 1,024 teachers in the state for allegedly using forged certificates to gain employment. Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Mufutau Ajibola, who said the suspension took immediate effect also alleged that those suspended included those involved in other irregularities. He disclosed that the affected teachers were among the 6, 531 out of the 19, 154 earlier screened during an exercise conducted by a firm of consultants, the CITC.
According to him, the firm verified their claims in the form of statement of results and attestation letters from over 50 higher institutions located across the country. Daily Sun gathered that the CITC’s final report submitted to the government showed that 475 teachers were suspended for possessing forged certificates. The affected teachers were also alleged not to have had their attestation letters confirmed by the institutions from which they claimed they attended.
The figure includes 274, who were suspended for not appearing for the screening committee, 236 for being out rightly unqualified and 12 for exceeding statutory length of service. Eleven teachers were suspended for age discrepancies while 14 others were discovered to have died. Two of the suspended teachers were considered to be impostors. Ajibola said the suspension takes immediate effect pending formal determination of their cases by the panel established in the Office of the Head of Service.
The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Segun Odubela had earlier said the exercise was not a witch-hunting exercise, but “about quality assurance of our human capital. “All our investments to provide affordable quality education will only yield result if we have well qualified and motivated teachers in our classrooms.”
While describing the exercise as thorough, he also added that the state Police Command was considering option of criminal prosecution of those indicted in the exercise. He also restated government’s commitment to flush out persons who according to him were “polluting a noble and respected profession.”
The documents, he added was being compiled for presentation to the state police command for possible criminal prosecution of those indicted in the exercise.
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This furge certificates are not only used by teaches, all manner of civil services in our country uphold to these fake certificates. People found in such act must be punished, includes federal levels.
Until Nigeria begins to De-emphasize on paper qualification people will keep on forging certificates so as to gain employment or promotion. People should learn to work hard to justify every kobo they earn.
Our problem in dis country is dat we pay much attention to certificate rather than competence.
r Bright, how do you prove the competence you talk about? Competence should start from honesty and old fashioned intergrity. And forging certificates fails the test. Mr Nweke O Nweke also talks of deemphasizing paper qualifications. Mr Nweke, you have no business teaching people who know bettrer than you. Certificates is the point of entry in any profession. If you don’t posess it, then you don’t belong. Simple. I did not know that 419 is now in the teaching profession in Nigeria. Gopd help us.
Are u telling that we should be given employment to people without qualification to teach n lecture children . If that is what u’re saying, perhaps u both need ur head examined. May be we should employe a capenter to come n operate on cancer patient, blocked head.
I dnt see any crime in forgin certificate provided is nt concernin medical which deal wit pple life or is forgin of certificate beta dan boko haram who r terrorisin nigeria citizen
Is forgin of certificate nt beta dan boko haram who r terrorisin nigeria citizen
You are a sick human being, Mr Akpan.
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The education sector should undergo proper scrutiny, because that lies the hope of our nation. If prospect teachers are found wanting then, I wonder what the future of our youths will be. This is a welcome exercise, but my question now is: these culprits what impact are they going to make in the labor market when they have been stripped of their false certificates. Short cut often lead to wrong end!
I do not blame those that forged certificates to secure the teaching jobs.The whole blame goes to the Government of the State.If I am not mistaken,is it not two years in service before ones appointment is confirmed.The State government would have used those two years to go to the respective Schools and verify the certificates before confirming the appointments.I blame the Government because it takes everything for granted.
But let me hint you guys,the certificate forgery is not only in the teaching sector,it is everywhere!! Have we forgotten ‘Toronto Certificate’ in the House? Where is he now? I learnt he later went to Toronto to study.
Hahaha,he wan use vex read.Has he graduated? can someone please tell me?
@ Kelvin
Did you just said stripping of forged certificates? That will not be enough!! The Government should also put them behind bars to deter those thinking towards obtaining fake certificates and also force those with same in other sectors of civil/public service that theirs have not been revealed to voluntarily resign.This will create jobs for candidates with authentic certificates.
The Government should also pick those that gave them those fake certificates because they did not produce those fake certificates by themselves,they paid someone to produce them.
I tell you,if the Government is willing to fight corruption,it will be a thing of story in a shortest possible time.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA!!