As Nigeria joined the rest of the world Wednesday to mark Word Teachers’ Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated his primary school teacher.
Buhari took to his official Twitter page on Wednesday to pay glowing tribute to the first man who taught him how to read and write.
He joined the #WorldTeachersDay trend on social media to remember his Pa Kasimu Zangon-Daura.
He tweeted, “On this #WorldTeachersDay I remember Kasimu Adamu Zangon-Daura, my Junior Primary School Teacher. Who is the first Teacher you remember?”
Meanwhile, the Senator representing Enugu North senatorial district, Utazi Chukwuka, has called on the government at all levels to make the welfare of Teachers priority.
Senator Utazi said the situation whereby government pay all civil servants down to local government staff before paying Primary or Secondary Schools Teachers was very miserable and discouraging.
Meanwhile, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has felicitated with teachers in the state on the occasion of the World Teachers Day, assuring them that his administration will always promote their welfare.
The governor stated that teachers are critical to his administration’s restructuring of the Education Sector as a tool for the empowerment of the people.
A statement by Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media stressed that the current phased rehabilitation of secondary schools across the three Senatorial Districts of the state is aimed at improving teaching and learning environment in the state.
While congratulating all teachers in Rivers State, Governor Wike lauded them for their strategic contributions to the development.
The governor urged all Rivers people to continue to celebrate teachers for being pivotal to the greatness for which the state is known for.
