The Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities AFTRA, has elected Nigeria’s Prof. Olusegun Josiah Ajiboye as it President.
AFTRA elected Prof. Ajiboye at the end of its 9th Annual Conference and 11th Roundtable held in Accra, Ghana, on June 1st..
Ajiboye who was also honoured with a Fellowship award and Life membership of AFTRA at the Conference following his long standing contributions to teacher professionalism and teacher welfare issues on the African continent took over from Mr Mabutho Cele who has been in the leadership of AFTRA for a period of 5 years.
Other elected officers are: Deputy President- Zambia, Secretary General- Ghana, Treasurer – Namibia and Assistant Secretary General- South Africa.
In his acceptance speech, Prof. Ajiboye promised not to let the Federation down and to expand AFTRA activities to more French and Arabic speaking countries.
He also promised to assist countries that are yet to have teacher regulatory bodies to establish one so as to establish teacher professionalism status and benefits across Africa.
The Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities is a continental body comprising of all teaching regulatory authority in all the 54 Africa countries.
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