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Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum, has ordered the suspension of 200 primary school teacher for being absent from their classroom duties in Bama town.
        The governor on Monday, December 9 said records gathered from schools have shown that the teachers have been absent for over a year. Speaking to journalists in Maiduguri - a 40-kilometre drive from Bama - after a visitation to some schools in the area, Zulum said he was in Rann to provide relief materials for some internally displaced persons. Noting that he left Rann to pass the night in Bama, the governor said he succeeded in inspecting public infrastructures including schools in the area. Zulum said: "So far so good we have distributed food relief to about 12000 returning to the community.” “But we have also in Bama visited the eight primary schools there, and found out that out of the about 300 teachers working there, only about 100 were punctual and always in school." “About 200 of them are nowhere to be found. They are completely not on the ground," Zulum said. He said investigations carried out by the state government indicates that nobody has seen any of the teachers. He said: "Therefore, the government will suspend all 200 of them, and we shall recruit another 200 in their place and we shall ensure that normal academic activities resume in Bama.”