Ogun PDP claims teachers were told to attend Yayi meeting
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused education authorities of instructing public school teachers to attend a meeting with Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (Yayi), the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate. The PDP alleges that directives came from senior officials, describing the move as an abuse of power and politicisation of education. However, the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission has dismissed these claims as false. Biodun Sanyaolu, Chairman of TESCOM, insists that neither TESCOM nor SUBEB compelled teachers to attend, stating the meeting was requested by teachers’ unions.
What we know
- The Ogun PDP claims teachers and head teachers were directed to attend a meeting with Yayi at Alake Pavilion, Abeokuta.
- The party alleges the directive was issued by Biodun Sanyaolu and Alhaji Adeosun Tajudeen Adekunle on the instruction of the Executive Chairman of SUBEB.
- The PDP described the alleged directive as an abuse of power and called it partisan political mobilisation.
- Biodun Sanyaolu denied the allegations, stating that teachers’ unions requested the meeting and no one was compelled to attend.
- The PDP urged TESCOM and SUBEB to focus on improving education infrastructure and teachers’ welfare instead of political activities.
