Communique of the Meeting of the Governorship candidates of
the Allied Political parties of the Edo state polls of July 14th
2012 of the labour party [LP],SDP-Social Democratic Party, NCP-[National
Conscience Party] of 26th March 2014.
The governorship candidates of the Edo 2012 guber polls of
the Allied political parties of the Labour Party [ Andrew Igermoh] Paul
Orumwese [NCP] Prince Frank Ukonga[SDP] rose from a meeting held in Benin on the
26th of March 2014 and condemn in strong terms the action of the Edo
state government led by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole over the improper handling of
the competency test of the Edo state teachers in utter disregard to a court injunction
from a superior court of record in Nigeria.
1]It noted that the comrade Adams Oshiomhole being as
beneficiary of the rule of law and justice
is least expected to disregard court injunction with impunity as evident by the continued
actions of the govt as regards those teachers who obeyed the court order and did not
participated in the exercise. The group further observed that despite
the court injunction the Edo state govt went ahead to conduct the competency
test in three locations of the state namely-University of Benin, Ambrose Ali University
and the Auchi polytechnic.
2]The group condemn the deplorable conditions of the college’s
of education in Edo state in the context of the sorry state of the colleges of
education at Ekiadolor,Afuze, and Igueben lacking the capacity of quality training
of teachers and questionable infrastructural developments and observed that the
perceived abysmal performances of the Edo teachers are the consequences of
neglect of the goose that lay the golden eggs which includes the five years of
the present Administration of comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
3] The gubernatorial candidates of the Allied parties also stated that the traditional and the aged
long labour policies of training and retraining of workers[ in- service including
teachers cannot be substituted by the comrade Adams Oshiomhole govt of do or
die assessment /competency test for teachers.
4]Furthermore the group observed that the widely alleged
public opinion that some of the so called unqualified teachers were recruited
by some persons allegedly holding high portfolio in the current Adams
Oshiomholes govt. and the group advised for a proper in-house investigation with a view to correcting these anomalies and
putting the Edo state educational programs on sound footings.
Sign; Andrew Igwemoh- governorship candidate Labour party
Paul Orumwese- governorship candidate National Conscience
Party
Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga-governorship candidate – Social Democratic
Party.
