Fayemi commences payment of N30,000 minimum wage
There was a thunderous ovation at the venue of this year’s Teachers’ Day on Saturday , as the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi announced his readiness to begin the payment of N30, 000 minimum wage to workers from October, 2019.
At the event, Mr. Henry Olaoluwa Asubiojo of Amoye Grammar School and Tajudeen Olaoye of Anglican Primary School, Esun Ekiti and Mrs Mojisola Ehinafe of Technical School, Ado Ekiti ,were awarded with cash price of N500,000 each, for emerging as the best teachers in the state. “In this year’s WAEC , Ekiti was ranked 12th. I want to salute our teachers but that is not where Ekiti belonged, we must continually do more to rise to number one”, he said.
“The only way we can recoaim.our lost glory in education is to encourage our teachers in and outside service . I will promote functional and technical education in this state. “Use of digital tools methodology makes learners innovative, expand scope of retention, increase teachers competitiveness and relevance and create enabling environment for both learners and teachers”, he said.
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