The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers Bill, 2021, which seeks to give legal backing to the Federal Government’s measure to enhance the quality of the teaching profession in the country.
FEC, during a meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, yesterday, approved the bill to be sent to the National Assembly for its consideration and possible approval.
The bill if approved by lawmakers, the retirement age of teachers would move from sixty years to sixty-five, while the years of service would also move from thirty-five to forty.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who briefed journalists at the end of the meeting, said some highlights of the bill included the introduction of bursary award, special rural posting allowances and other measures to attract the best brains to the profession.
FEC also approved one point four billion naira for the upgrading of electricity facilities at the Calabar Free Trade Zone Area.
Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, who disclosed this said, the contracts were initially awarded in 2018 to upgrade the electrical facility in the area, but it was not completed, so they brought a memo and the council approved over one billion naira for the completion of electrical upgrading at the Calabar Free Trade Zone Area.
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