[Teaching the State] Gov Peter Obi orders the recruitment of 5000 Teachers

Anambra State Governor Peter Obi yesterday ordered the immediate employment of 5,000 teachers and other administrative workers into the state’s primary and secondary schools.

Obi directed the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Uju Okeke, to ensure that the employment process followed due process in the 21 local government areas.

The governor, who spoke at the 2013 Principals’ Annual Retreat at Nkpor, Idemmili North Local Government Area, said the state would spend N15 billion on primary and secondary schools by December.

He said before the end of October, the 410 secondary schools in the state would receive new buses, generators and computer sets, with complete accessories.

Mrs. Okeke said the state education system was being repositioned and schools would continue to benefit from the government’s intervention. - theNation