By Adeyinka Adeniran
Oyo state is set to recruit 7,000 teachers for public primary schools and 100 caregivers for special schools across the state.
The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Nureni Adeniran made the disclosure during a press conference which held at the Board Room on Friday.
He said the press conference became imperative to foreclose any possibility of misinformation, baseless rumours and outright falsehood by people who might want to scam unsuspecting members of the public.
He said the government has not appointed any agent or agency to carryout the recruitment process but will make information available to the members of the public as soon as the recruitment begins.
Adeniran, who was flanked by top management staff of the Board during the conference said the governor, Seyi Makinde approved the recruitment in fulfilment of his campaign promises and to bridge the teachers deficit in the system.
He added that the 7,000 fresh teachers to be engaged by the government, at least 75 percent deficit of the gap will be plugged.
Adeniran said “For so many months or years back, there have been clamor for recruitment of teachers into public primary school, and as an agency, under whose purview we have these primary schools, a lot of requests, a lot of questions have been asked of us, and we have been saying, we are going to do it.
“Ahead of the last general election, a lot of questions were asked about this recruitment, and His Excellency, the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde did promise that we are indeed going to recruit.
“So it is my pleasure to announce to the world that His Excellency Engr. Seyi Makinde, in fulfillment of his electoral promise, and in response to the yearnings of the good people of Oyo State, occasioned by the dearth of teachers in our public primary schools, has graciously approved the recruitment of 7,000 teachers in our public primary schools.
“In addition, he also approved the recruitment of 100 caregivers in our special schools in the state.
“This recruitment, the process of which will commence very soon, needs to be brought into the hearing of the good people of Oyo State, especially the intending applicants, and this press conference becomes very imperative because of various information that has dominated the media space in the last couple of months, or even years, wherein some scammers would go online and say, Oyo SUBEB is recruiting.
“I can say that we have denied that several times, over and over and over again, and your guess is as good as mine. Those that could do that, even when the approval has not been given, now knowing that the approval has been given, they we want to utilize the opportunity to scam the unsuspecting members of the public that are intending applicants for this particular exercise.
“So, I am coming out on behalf of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board to say that the approval has been given and we are already commencing the preliminary work on the stages of this recruitment exercise, which will also be made public at the appropriate time.”
He said further, “The essence of this press conference is to warn the unsuspecting intending applicants to be wary of scammers, and to let them know that in the process of this recruitment exercise, the details of which will be brought out later, Oyo state government and Oyo SUBEB is not appointing anybody to serve as agents in this recruitment exercise.
“Therefore, whatever will be the stages that will be followed to get this exercise conducted in a free, fair, and credible manner, will be emanating from this office under the signature of the Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board.
“We also want to let the people know that if there is anything, even after we might have brought out the template on the stages or the procedures to be followed, if there is anything or information required, people should not hesitate to come in to the SUBEB headquarters to come and find out by themselves, and not rely on a second-hand or already midwifed information that may not be true.
“I also want to say that no person has been empowered to collect a dime from anybody on account of this recruitment exercise. No person, whether staff or non-staff members, has been empowered to collect a dime from anybody on account of this recruitment.
“We want to use this opportunity to thank His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde for living up to his words as he promised that this recruitment would be done, and he has thus fulfill that particular promise.
“I want to say that at the next stage of the recruitment, we’ll let the world knows how we want to go about it in terms of how the intending applicant will be able to put in their application, what are the requirements needed, and where and when to do what, would be made available at the appropriate time.
“But I want to say that every information regarding this particular recruitment exercise will be from us, the Head of Service as well as the Civil Service Commission. So these are the agencies and the MDAs that we will be working together to ensure a seamless process.”
