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From Kemi Yesufu, Abuja
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has disclosed plans by the National Assembly to increase the retirement age of teachers from 60 to 65 years, so as to retain more experienced teachers in public schools.
Speaking when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) who paid him a courtesy visit in his office, yesterday, Dogara said the House supports upward review of teachers’ retirement age for Nigerian children to benefit from.
“We have done it for the tertiary institutions and the judiciary, so nothing should stop us from taking the bull by the horns. They say that wine gets better with age, it was the same consideration that motivated us to raise that of university lecturers,raise that of judges. So this is something we can pursue.
“Thankfully, it doesn’t require constitutional amendment, it is something we can achieve by amending the existing law. That is the responsibility of the parliament and we assure you that we will do something about that so that the benefit that comes with experience and wisdom will not be lost,” he stated.
