All over the world, today is a day set aside to celebrate the unparalleled role of teachers in shaping society and molding the future. It is on this note that the foremost contender for the Abia North Senatorial Zone seat, Chief Nnamdi Iro Oji, popularly known as Opotoyom, celebrates with Abia North teachers, Abia State teachers, Nigeria, and every teacher around the globe.

Speaking to Newsmen in Umuahia, the pragmatic grassroots mobilizer harped on the need for an improved welfare package for the teachers whose role in our society cannot be substituted for any other profession as they are the bedrock of a better future.

In his words: “You can agree with me that we are all products of teachers right from our homes where we received formal and informal education to sharp us to who we have become today and who we are still aspiring to be tomorrow.

“A society without teachers will go berserk without direction. That is why we need to pamper teachers with utmost care to build a better nation.

“The welfare of teachers in Abia North is going to form one of my cardinal points of focus when elected as the Senator to represent the Zone. Our teachers deserve better because when they are treated better our children will not be at home due to unpaid salaries, and our universities will not be on trike due to unfavorable welfare”, he stated.

He encouraged the professional teachers to remain steadfast in their job of molding a better future through education because they will be alive to reap the fruits of their labor as their years of mourning will soon be replaced with the hope of a brighter future through the people-oriented policies that Labour Party is going to usher into Abia State and at the federal level.

Happy Teachers’ Day celebration.