Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has appealed to the
Federal Government to jerk up the state’s education intervention fund to assist
his administration in actualizing its education agenda for the state.
He made the appeal in Ibadan today while receiving members of the Senate
Committee on Education led by the Chairman, Senator Uche Chukwumerije who were
on a courtesy visit to him in his office.
Governor Ajimobi, who was represented by his deputy, Chief Moses Alake
Adeyemo, said that substantial fund was required to reposition the education
sector, stressing that Oyo was one of the states with the highest number of
public schools in the country, hence the need for increase in the intervention
fund.
He described education as the bedrock of meaningful development in
any society, adding that no nation could develop without the provision of
qualitative education.
The governor expressed his administration’s commitment to its
restoration,
transformation and repositioning agenda for the accelerated
development of the state.
Earlier
in his remarks, Senator Chukwumerije said that the visit was in fulfilment of
his committee’s oversight function aimed at ensuring the judicious use of
intervention fund by various educational institutions in the state.
He lauded the visionary leadership of Governor Ajimobi and the various
achievements so far recorded by his administration, urging him to continue to
execute people-oriented programmes for the development of the state.
The committee chairman expressed the regret that Oyo State had not
accessed the 2011/2012 intervention fund, promising that his committee would
assist the state in accessing it.
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