Bayelsa strike: Return to class or become ghost workers, Commissioner tells teachers

A team of inspectors from the Bayelsa State Ministry of Education is to embark on an on-the-spot assessment of primary and post-primary schools across the state.
The exercise, which is expected to commence from Tuesday October 18 is to ensure that all categories of academic and non academic staff in primary and post primary schools have complied with the recent directive by the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to call off the sit-at-home action by teachers.
A statement on Saturday by the Commissioner for Education, Hon. Markson Fefegha, said the directive of the NUT makes it mandatory for all teaching and non teaching staff to resume work from Monday, next week, October 17 2016.
He warned that teachers who willfully absent themselves from duty would be declared ‘ghost workers’ and replaced immediately.
The statement advised all Headmasters and Principals to ensure strict compliance with instructions from the team of inspectors.