The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has promised to alleviate the “suffering” of primary school teachers and train them to improve their productivity, if elected.

Makinde made the promise at an interactive session with teachers in Ibadan, the state capital.

He said most teachers age fast and lack constant in-training to make them better at their jobs.

The SDP candidate said: “The best teacher is one with the basic tools to do the job; hence our desire to provide our schools with the necessary tools, if we have the opportunity to rule the state.”

The leaders of the teachers, Oyedele Adelaja, said teaching, which is the mother of all professions, has remained the most neglected and the least catered for by successive governments.

The gathering was attended by the teacher who taught Makinde in Primary Six, Pa Onaolapo Fantola, who was also a pupil under Makinde’s late father.