If a set of workers has exercised patience in this country, it’s the teachers. No government workers have exercised patience, endurance and loyalty to any government in this country for the past decade, or almost two decades like the teachers. And as a famous Krio adage puts it ” AT NOR TO BONE ” Sierra Leone teachers have strived to give their very best in services to the nation,  amidst the deplorable and very unfavorable circumstances they work in. Seeing teachers nation wide go on a sit down strike action is not too surprising. Sierra Leone teachers are the least paid in the sub region, even in the whole of  West Africa.

Listening to Dr. David Sengeh this  morning in the AYV studio  talking, doesn’t help the situations but worsen it. For him to say he prefers to recruit 11 thousand teachers rather than adding any cent to Teachers’ salaries was very unfortunate, unintelligent, inciting and unprofessional.   It just shows that the man is not treating the Teachers’ strike action with any iota of seriousness. That is why it’s good to appoint People into an office who have passion for that office or profession. Dr. David Sengeh has shown that he is  well educated and  intelligent but not matured. He is educated but not an Educationist, dealing with teachers and children needs someone with a background in EDUCATION.

It’s evidently and crystal clear that the man is focused on protecting his party than seeking the welfares of his teachers. This man has never sought the welfares of teachers. Adding 11 thousand teachers to the payroll will not solve the problem, in fact, it will create more problems. You can not satisfy those who are already in the field, you want to add to the disenchantments. So this man believes in quantity and not quality❓ The minister is saying there are about 80 thousand teachers in Sierra Leone, so that is why government is finding it difficult to  satisfy them. That again is another blatant lie, Teachers in Sierra Leone are not even up to fifty thousand. Dr. Sengeh, if you cannot help it, don’t break it. Stop aggravating the situations.

GO AND LISTEN TO THE TEACHERS ‼️