Akire of Ikire-Ile in Osun State, Oba Abdulazeez Olatubosun, has returned to the teaching profession to address shortage of professionals. This comes as a former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Lai Olurode and Dr. Dikrullahi Olurode of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, called for improved welfare for tutors.  
  
The monarch, who was a mathematics lecturer at the Osun State College, Ila-Orangun, taught the Senior School Two (SS2) and SS3 students of The Wings Schools, Iwo, yesterday. He said teaching was just to complement colleagues.
  
On how to address the deficit, the royal father urged the government to recruit younger and qualified teachers, with basic incentives in place.
Olurode, who is the proprietor of the school, said the management was conscious of the challenge, adding: ‘”Teaching is a job most people don’t want to do. When you see a typical teacher, what comes to your mind is poverty, what comes to mind is somebody that is not respected by the society.”

The situation of teachers is lamentable. Even the students don’t want to learn. When I was teaching, I asked them if they wanted to become teachers or professors, they said no. To address the shortage of teachers, the government needs to motivate them and improve their welfare packages.”
  
On his part, Dr. Olurode. harped on the need for the government to prioritise welfare of lecturers and teachers, stating that the country could only get better when adequate investment is made on human capital development and education.