Govt to recruit 50,000 teachers this year

The government is to recruit 50,000 teachers this year, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu has told Parliament. 

Mr Haruna Iddrisu said the process would begin once the Finance Minister had given the clearance and the Auditor-General had completed a validation process to get ride of ghost names on teachers’ payroll.

He said this when he answered an urgent question on the floor of Parliament.