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The House of Representatives have passed a bill for a harmonized retirement age for teachers in the country.
The executive bill was passed on Tuesday at the resumption of plenary in the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.
Sponsored by the House Leader, Alhassan Doguwa, and his colleague Adekoya Abdul-Majid, the bill seeks to raise the retirement age for teachers from 60 to 65 years, as well as to increase the years of service from 35 to 40 years.
According to Doguwa, the bill seeks to continue to update the laws governing the working conditions of people in the education sector in good faith of the preservation of knowledge through good resources embedded in teachers.
