Posted on: 11:06 Thu, 17 Mar 2016



Ado Ekiti, March16, 2016 (NAN) A
school teacher, Ayodele Grace, on
Wednesday returned to the coffers
of Ekiti State Government, the sum
of ₦101,000 wrongly paid to her, as
rural and core subject allowance.

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)
reports that Grace, who teaches in
Ikere-Ekiti, was wrongly credited
with the money meant for those
teaching in rural schools and those
taking core subjects in public
secondary schools.

According to a press statement by
the Chief Press Secretary to the
Governor, Idowu Adelusi , Grace sent
a text message to the governor
when she got the alert from her
bank, and told the governor she
was not entitled to the allowance.

The elated Fayose, who thereafter
hosted Grace and her husband in
his office as mark of appreciation,
was said to have told the teacher
that he was surprised at her level of
honesty.

After the first text message, she
sent me another reminder that the
money was still in her account
and that she did not know how to
get it returned to government’s
coffers.

I decided to call her to thank her
for her honest act; I promised to
reward her with N50,000, but I
was again surprised when she
said she would not take the
monetary reward.

I asked her what she wanted and
she said her husband was
unemployed and would not mind if
I could assist in that area.

This is the virtue of a good woman
and wife. I decided then that her
husband will be given employment
by the state government.
This woman should be celebrated.

The other time some teachers
were accused of using their
students as child labourers, we
cried out, so when a teacher has
done something commendable too
we must let the world know that,”
Fayose was quoted as saying.

According to the statement, the
state’s Head of Service was
immediately mandated by the
governor to perfect the
employment papers of Grace’s
husband.

“He has been given employment by
the state government with
immediate effect.

“I am using this medium to call on
other teachers, who might have
been wrongly credited with
allowances, to come out and return
same to the government.” (NAN)