Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi yesterday warned the leadership of the teachers in the state that government will not hesitate to revoke the pardon granted the teachers if any attempt was made to incorporate those who were sacked over certificate forgery.

The governor while receiving the executives of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) who were on a courtesy visit to him at the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office also approved the gazette of appointments, promotions and records of service of teachers in the state like their counterparts in the civil service.

Ajimobi, who recently reinstated the over 1,000 teachers who had earlier been sacked over age falsification,however, used the opportunity to warn them against future occurrence.He said the pardon of those with falsified age record was a reflection of the cultural and humanitarian gesture of the state government, stressing that teaching was one of the professions that required certain measure of integrity.

The governor urged the teachers to be above board and be of high moral and

Professional integrity so as to improve on the quality of education

He said the gazette of teachers’ service records would reduce

the difficulties being encountered by teachers at the point of retirement

and expressed commitment to giving the best treatment to teachers in the state, stressing that all issues relating to salary payment and carrier progression would henceforth be given adequate attention.

Earlier, the state Chairman of NUT, Mr. Oluwatoyin Babatunde had stated that

the purpose of their visit was to express gratitude to the governor over the

Pardon granted to their members numbering over 1,000.He described Governor Ajimobi’s magnanimity as a new trend of good governance and mutual working relationship between the state government, the teachers and the union.

He also called the attention of the state government to the predicament of

primary school teachers who were degree holders and who had remained stagnated on Grade Level 14 for several years, a plea that the governor

promised that government would look into.