The Ogun State Government has described teachers as the cornerstone of every nation’s development and foundation, enablers of all other professions.
Governor Dapo Abiodun stated this during the 2025 World Teachers Day Celebration, with theme, ‘Recasting Teaching as a Collaborating Profession’, held at the Cultural Center, Kuto, Abeokuta.
Abiodun noted that the year’s theme challenges everyone to reimagine the teaching space as one built on teamwork, mentorship, shared learning and mutual support, adding that it reminds everyone that teaching is not a solitary endeavour but a collective mission that depends on collaboration between teachers, parents, communities, and the government.
The governor, represented by his deputy, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, asserted that education extends beyond the classroom and helps to shape value, vision and vitality of entire generations, hence the reason his administration continues to make significant investment in the education sector under the ‘Building Our Future Together Agenda’.
He appreciated all the teachers in the state, reminding them that the prosperity of the state rests on their shoulders, and promised continuous support through tools, amenities and conducive environment needed to thrive.
Earlier in his welcome address, Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, said the Abiodun administration recognizes teachers as builders of a strong nation, assuring them of the administration’s commitment to prioritise their welfare.
In their separate remarks, the Chairman Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM, Abiodun Sanyaolu and his counterpart in the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Olalekan Ifede, congratulated all teachers in the state, urging them to continue to work as a team, share strategies and resources, connect globally through training and technology and partner with parents, communities and government.
Meanwhile, the State Chairman Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, Comrade Sewakanu Oladipupo and his colleague in the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, Comrade Felix Agbesanwa, in their separate remarks, appreciated the state government and called for special incentives such as provisions for teachers who lost their lives while in service, Education Trust Funds to cater for out of school children and E-lesson note’s for teachers in line with evolving trends in the sector.
