Nahum Sule, Jalingo
The State Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), Comrade Sule Abasu  says the state government under the leadership of Gov. Darius Ishaku has engaged 3,079 and not 3000.
He made this clarification while addressing newsmen in Jalingo, capital city of the state. 
Albasu asserts that “let me correct this, people are saying 3,000 rescue Teachers, no, the Governor engaged 3,079 Teachers.
According to him the rumour making round that some of the rescue Teachers were disqualified and not paid, adding that only Teachers that have issues with their Account details or Qualifications were not paid.
“Over 600 have been paid, anybody who said over 900 Teachers have not been paid, it is not true, let him come with proof of such.
“Only those without clearance, other documents and don’t go to work. How can you be paid when you don’t go to work and not been fair to the Government?”.
He explained that a Teacher is expected to do the needful by going to Classroom and master his/her subject for providing effective and quality education for younger generations.
“I call on all Teachers to take their job with seriousness and desist from promoting God fatherism” Albasu lamented.
“After the screening by a committee that were set up, most of the Teachers were paid and the committee is still working to rectify the problems, so that those that are yet to be paid would receive their salaries, because all the 600 Teachers that were cleared have been paid.
“You cannot refused paying somebody his entitlements except there is problem somewhere and before one can be paid his salary, there must be checks and balances. The committee must ensure that everything is rectified, then they will be paid”.
“Some of these rescue Teachers have no Reporting or clearance letters and if you ask, where is your reporting letter, he will say i don’t have, what about your clearance letter, i don’t have and some of them does not go to their assigned schools, but they only come for salary on payment day.
“Are such Teachers sincere to themselves and the Government? No. Prince Sule Albasu expressed dismay.
He further pointed out that the essence of engaging the rescue Teachers was to assist the existing ones, due to inadequate manpower in the sector. The state chairman of Rescue Teachers Comr. Sylvanus when contacted for comments, he commend the state government for engaging teachers in public schools and also paying them.