Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has approved the release of the sum of N1,912,187,753.82 for the payment of four-year accumulated leave allowances owed to teachers of public primary schools in the state.
According to the government, the approval was in fulfilment of Governor Mbah’s promise to ensure that teachers get all their entitlements in line with his administration’s determination to enhance teachers’ welfare and boost productivity.
It noted that the 260 smart green school policy thrust of the current administration to give the children of the state a quality head start could only succeed if the teachers were well motivated to give their best.
Recall that Mbah had earlier approved the extension of full implementation of N30,000 minimum wage to primary school teachers and local government workers.
Meanwhile, the South East Media Forum has rated the Enugu State Universal Universal Basic Education Board, ENSUBEB, as the best UBEB in the South East Zone, stressing that its empirical findings put the board ahead of other UBEBs in the region.
This was even as the Forum presented a distinguished merit award to the Chairman of ENSUBEB, Gabriel Ajah, commending Governor Mbah’s leadership recruitment model of putting square pegs in square holes, noting that the governor’s team at ENSUBEB had revolusionalised primary education in line with the governor’s disruptive innovation agenda.
Responding, Ajah described Governor Mbah as a disruptive innovator, who had demonstrated his passion for education by introducing the smart schools policy and allocating 33 per cent of the state’s 2024 budget to the education sector.
