It was a drama of sorts during the verification exercise of
primary school teachers’ certificates in Edo State on tuesday as one of
the teachers in the state, Mrs. Augusta Odemwingie, could not read a
sworn affidavit she tendered as part of her credentials.
Mrs.
Odemwingie teaches at Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha local
government area of Benin City, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who paid an
unscheduled visit to the State Staff Training Centre venue of the
exercise was appalled that a teacher could not read, saying “if you
can’t read, what do you teach the pupils?
What do you write on the
board?”
The Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of
Teachers, Comrade Patrick Ikosimi, who was also at the screening to
monitor the exercise, said the woman’s failure was “an embarrassment.”
On arrival at the centre, the governor took time to peruse some of the teachers’ credentials and documents presented.
When
Mrs. Odenwingie took her turn during the exercise, the governor who
listened to her defence asked her to read the affidavit she presented.
She stuttered and read the affidavit as if a kindergarten was learning to read, to the consternation of everybody around.
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