By Nosa Eresoyen, Asaba
The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Hon. Sunny Ogwu, has expressed the State Government's commitment towards ensuring prompt payment of primary school teachers’ salaries and providing educational growth and development in the State.
Hon. Ogwu made the statement while reacting to a publication on the issue. According to him, salaries of primary school teachers have been paid up to November, 2016 while December 2016 salary is ready for payment.
On alleged willful down-grading of teachers, NUT in a meeting at the instance of the Head of Service on January 26th, 2017 applauded the ALGON and the Office of the Head of Service that all primary school teachers irregularly/inappropriately placed should on conversion, be brought down by two (2) salary grade levels only. It was also agreed that all teachers promoted including 2016 promotions should be effected before the adjustment of salary grade levels without refunds to government. (Those affected are staff with higher certificates but accepted a lower grade level with a lower certificate at the point of entry).
The Executive Chairman further stated that all promotions including 2016 have been issued and would be effected in January, 2017 salary.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Army has said that it will support the activities of the Delta State Consumer Protection Committee in its avowed determination to curb the prevalence of substandard products in the state.
The Commanding Officer (Rear), 3 Battalion, Nigeria Army, Effurun, Major Anthony Abdulkadir, gave this assurance yesterday when members of the Delta State Consumer Protection Committee led by it's Chairman and Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Barr. Mrs. Mary Iyasere, paid an advocacy visit to the batalion.
He advised members of the committee to be above board in the discharge of their duties as there should be no sacred cows when defaulters are to be sanctioned.
Also speaking when members of the committee visited Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), it's state Chairman, Chief Benjamin Omonigho Emoefe, noted that the inauguration of the committee has already sent shivers down the spines of service providers who take delight in cheating members of the public.
Chief Emoefe asserted that the message of the committee will be passed on to members of IPMAN and assured that his members will continue to abide with the relevant rules guiding their operations.
The committee members yesterday also visited Warri South Local Government Area, Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS), Warri, and Kpoko 100.5 FM/Crown 89.9 FM, Warri, where Hon. Edema Fuludu, Mr. Tunde Omonode and Mr. Benedict Okotie-Eboh, welcomed the idea of setting up of the committee.
Chairman of the committee, who is also the state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Chief Mrs. Mary Iyasere, who was represented by the Secretary of the committee, Mr. Felix Oseji, had told those visited that the essence of the setting up of the committee is to ensure that consumers get values for their hard earned income.
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