The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned what it described as the politicisation of the state’s education sector following an alleged directive requiring public school teachers and headteachers to attend a meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi.
In a press statement signed by the Media Aide to the Ogun PDP governorship candidate, Afolabi Orekoya, the opposition party alleged that leaders of teachers’ bodies, acting on the instruction of the Chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Alhaji Comrade Adeosun Tajudeen Adekunle, under the purported directive of the Executive Chairman of the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), issued a memo directing teachers across the state to attend the meeting scheduled for August 3, 2026, at the Alake Pavilion.
According to the PDP, the memo instructed all headteachers and teachers in both primary and secondary public schools to attend the gathering under the guise of “statutory and administrative duties.”
The party described the directive as a blatant abuse of power and an attempt to use the state’s civil service for partisan political mobilisation.
It argued that there was no statutory or administrative basis for compelling public school teachers to abandon their official responsibilities in order to attend a meeting with a political party’s governorship candidate.
The PDP further alleged that the instruction for each branch to appear in unique attire for easy identification reinforced its belief that the event was political in nature rather than an official government engagement.
The statement maintained that the Ogun State civil service, particularly the education sector, should remain neutral and insulated from partisan politics, stressing that teachers are nation-builders whose primary responsibility is educating children, not participating in political activities.
The opposition party also urged the leadership of TESCOM and SUBEB to concentrate on addressing challenges facing public schools, including inadequate infrastructure, declining education standards and teachers’ welfare, instead of engaging in what it called political mobilisation.
It called on teachers, headteachers and other civil servants to remain professional and not allow themselves to be intimidated, insisting that their allegiance should be to the state and the law rather than to any individual’s political ambition.
The PDP concluded by warning against what it described as attempts to drag public institutions into partisan politics, stating that the people of Ogun State would continue to resist any such actions.
As of the time of filing this report, TESCOM, SUBEB and the APC governorship campaign had not issued any official response to the allegations contained in the statement.
