“Report to Duty or Leave Job”, Warri Warns

The Chairman of Isoko South Local Government Area, Friday Ovoke Warri, has stated that teachers posted within the council who fail to report for duty will face dismissal.

Mr. Warri issued the warning to teachers, particularly those in the riverine community of Ikpide-Irri, during a meeting on Monday. Addressing the Concerned Indigenes of Ikpide-Irri for Development (CIID), who visited his office in Oleh, Warri emphasized that teachers assigned to any school within the local government area must report to their duty posts or risk losing their jobs.

“It’s not going to be business as usual,” Warri warned.

“Any teacher posted to Ikpide-irri community or anywhere in the local government area and refused to go and resume duty and stay will be shown the way out. If you refuse to report and stay there to work, just park your loads and leave the job, is as simple as that.” he added.

The council chairman emphasized his administration’s commitment to improving key sectors, including healthcare, agriculture, education, and security.

Warri pledged to restore effective healthcare services in the area, noting that the government would prioritize making local healthcare facilities more viable in Ikpide-Irri.

He recounted how, during his childhood, village dispensaries played a crucial role in providing healthcare before patients were referred to larger hospitals.

In addition to healthcare, Warri vowed to provide essential social amenities such as pipe-borne water, solar street lights, and learning desks for Okugbe Primary School. He expressed his gratitude to the CIID for their visit, describing it as a morale booster for his administration.

Flanked by his vice, Theresa Ikrike, Warri called on the community to support his administration and the M.O.R.E agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, urging residents to maintain peace to create an atmosphere conducive to meaningful development.

Earlier, CIID representatives, led by Comrade Obruozie Tom Odiuzou and former Ikpide-Irri Progress Union President Chief Joseph Ubeleke, presented a list of pressing needs. They highlighted the community’s lack of teachers, the collapse of the local healthcare center, and the absence of solar street lights, which have left the community in darkness while neighboring areas benefit from government initiatives.

The CIID also appealed for assistance in reviving the community’s water supply, which has been non-functional for decades, and called for the provision of desks and teaching personnel for the local primary school.