The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, says that the state will not negotiate with a ‘politicised’ Nigeria Union of Teachers, noting that their demand should fall within the programme he has designed for primary school.
Obaseki spoke at a stakeholders’ forum organised by the State Universal Basic Education with the theme as ‘Improving collaboration in the provision of basic education’ in Benin.
The governor says there is no going back in his quest to improve basic education, which he says was the foundation of whatever the people are today.
He alleges that a segment of the leadership of the union had become politicised and it influenced the last strike by primary school teachers.
Earlier, Chairman of SUBEB, Dr Joan Oviawe, said she came up with EdoBEST (Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation) to reposition basic education in the state.
