#WorldTeachersDay: Your labour of love is appreciated – Lanlehin

Senator Olufemi Lanlehin (SOLAN), governorship aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has felicitated with teachers in Oyo State as they join their counterparts the world over, in celebrating the 2018 World Teachers Day.

Senator Lanlehin, while appreciating the dedication, tenacity and hardwork teachers put into making their students better off, promised them a return to the glorious days of yore wherein their welfare and capacity development is the centrepiece of governance.

A statement made available to Tribune Online by his media assistant, Mr Damola Adeoye, affirmed that the Lanlehin is set to prioritise the welfare of teachers when he clinches the number seat in the state.

“Recalling how teachers in Oyo State benefitted immensely from the administrations of Alh Lam Adesina and Senator Rasidi Ladoja, Senator Lanlehin laments the current state of things wherein teachers who had laboured passionately are then owed salaries, while those retired are owed gratuities and pensions running into months, thus incapacitating them from performing their socioeconomic roles as responsible members of the society.

“This same ugly trend is noticed in the tertiary institutions whose staffers are owed cumulatively, over two years in salaries by the current APC government in the state.

“He however promised them, that the ADC government to be enthroned by the Oyo State people come 2019, would prioritise the welfare of teachers, workers and the entire citizenry, through policies and programmes that will improve their living standards, thereby making Oyo State great again.

“Senator Lanlehin wishes all teachers in Oyo State, a happy World Teachers Day,” it read.