WHY FG IS YET TO COMMENCE RECRUITMENT OF 500,000 TEACHERS – NGIGE

The Federal Government yesterday attributed the delay in signing the 2016 budget into law by President Muhammadu Buhari as the main reason why recruitment of 500,000 teachers across the country is being delayed.


Speaking as guest of a radio programme in Abuja over the weekend, Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr. Chris Ngige, said the process of recruitment would commence immediately the 2016 budget is signed into law.


He said: “The ministry is waiting for the 2016 budget to be passed and when this is done we will then look at what is voted for us under that heading.”

He dismissed insinuation that the N500 billion earmarked for the project has been tinkered with, adding: “Nobody has tampered with that N500 billion, part of it is in recurrent and part is in capital expenditure.

“And so we will look at both subheadings that will enable us look at the financial disposition on that and also the recruitment will not be hijacked, and as a matter of fact the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has written us on that as they already have people trained in education though not employed.