Gov. Fayemi Suspends School Principal Who Failed To Receive Him

The Ekiti state government has today announced the suspension of a school principal who in the school on Sunday when the governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, visited some schools in the state on the level of compliance with the COVID-19 protocols.

This was announced by the Commissioner for Education, Foluso Daramola, who further directed that the principal, who is the head of the Methodist Girls High School, Ifaki Ekiti, to “hand over the management of the school to the most senior vice principal in the school pending the conclusion of appropriate disciplinary action by the Teaching Service Commission.”

Thr public service announcement stated that “At Methodist Girls High School, Ifaki Ekiti, the principal was not available to receive the governor and his entourage and making the monitoring exercise impossible in the school in spite of the notice from the Ministry of Education.”

The statement also noted that Gov. Fayemi has made it compulsory that the sitting arrangement of students must be done to conform with COVID-19 protocol for physical distancing and to allow teachers’ unhindered movement around the classrooms.