Sacked Bayelsa Teachers Want Dickson’s Intervention

[Shola Sholaz]

Yenagoa — No fewer than 300 teachers in Bayelsa State, sacked by the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, have called on state governor, Mr Seriake Dickson to reconsider their plight with a view to rectifying what they described as their illegal disengagement.
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The aggrieved teachers, it was learnt, were employed by the former SUBEB board under the administration of former Governor Timpre Sylva.
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But their problem was said to have started shortly after the inauguration of a new board under the current administration of Governor Dickson.
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The new board through its Executive Secretary, Mr. Walton Liverpool, had claimed that the employment of the teachers did not follow due process.
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According to the teachers, the board did not only stop their salaries but also demanded that their employment should undergo fresh verification.