DIPLOMAN TIMES

Adamawa State has announced plans to recruit an additional 3,000 teachers for basic education schools, with the disclosure coming during the state's 2026 World Teachers' Day celebration in Yola.

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri disclosed the planned recruitment on Monday, October 5, 2026, during the World Teachers' Day celebration at Mahmud Ribadu Square in Yola. The event brought together teachers from the state's 21 local government areas and placed the teaching workforce at the centre of discussions on education and human-capital development.

Representing the Governor, Deputy Governor Professor Kaletapwa George Farauta described teachers as intellectual and spiritual guides whose responsibilities extend beyond classroom instruction. She said the administration had undertaken institutional reforms and created a Teaching Service Commission to oversee teacher recruitment, deployment and promotion.

Farauta also said education remained a major component of the administration's development agenda. According to her, the state is investing in learning infrastructure, teaching aids and furniture, while continuing to support teachers and the broader education system. The emphasis was presented as part of a wider effort to strengthen the conditions under which teaching and learning take place.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers in Adamawa also used the occasion to emphasise the role of teachers in developing knowledge, character and human capital. NUT Chairman Faisal Abubakar Mohammad called for continued employment of qualified teachers where necessary, implementation of due promotions for primary-school teachers and regular training and retraining to keep teachers abreast of developments in education.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Aisha Abubakar Umar, said government interventions across the 21 local government areas were contributing to the education agenda and thanked teachers for their work. The announcement of 3,000 additional teachers, alongside the institutional reforms and calls for professional development, places workforce expansion and teacher support among the latest education measures reported from Adamawa.