The Chairman, Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB), Dr Gabriel Ajah, has dismissed allegation of unjust sacking of five teachers in the board’s employ, saying the agency always ensures strict adherence to due process in meting out sanctions to errant academic and non-academic staff.
This was even as the dismissed teachers tendered written and unreserved apology admitting wrongdoing. Ajah reiterated the board’s commitment to upholding discipline and code of conduct, which he said would ensure improved standard of education in the state.
He stated this in Enugu at the weekend while making clarifications over the allegation that one Mrs. Ujunwa Onyia and four other teachers were unjustly dismissed by ENSUBEB over their supposed agitation for teachers’ minimum wage in the state.
The story had surfaced on the social media alleging the said teachers were sacked over their agitation for the payment of N30, 000 minimum wage.
But speaking to newsmen in his office at the weekend, the ENSUBEB Chairman described the allegation as a mere fabrication, stating that the teachers were among those queried and found culpable over reports of misconduct, truancy, absence from duty without permission, insubordination and other acts, which contravene the public service rules.
Enugu SUBEB Boss Refutes ‘Unjust’ Dismissal of Teachers
