Nigeria: Buhari Backs El-Rufai Over Planned Sack of 21,780 Teachers

14 November 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight of support behind Kaduna State governor, Nasir el- Rufai, on the plan to sack teachers who failed the competency test conducted by the state government.

About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers were said to have failed the primary four test administered on them to test their competence.

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