By Oludamisi Ojo.
A group under the aegis of Ekiti Build Back Better (EBBB) has described the education policy of the former Governor Segun Oni as the best radical approach ever taken to reignite the education sector in the state.
The group said Ekiti witnessed radical upliftment of the education under Oni’s administration
It said such would be reignited if reelected on June 18 governorship election in the state.
The group’s spokesman, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, said this in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday, saluting the Oni’s thoroughness and dedication to education and why he is worth being reelected as the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Highlighting those lofty soul-lifting policies reeled out by Oni in Ekiti in his first term, Adelusi said the establishment of the University of Education, Ikere Ekiti and University of Science and Technology, Ifaki Ekiti helped in expanding the educational frontiers to meet the yearnings of the citizenry in the areas of Teaching, Science and Technology.
“Considering the rate and the standard at which the two universities were growing under the Segun Oni’s government, both institutions could have ranked among the best universities in Nigeria and internationally today, if they have not been unduly closed down”.
Adelusi applauded the former governor for reigniting compulsory boarding system in public secondary schools with generating sets and modern Internet facilities provided to give comfort to boarders.
In a bid to make Ekiti school entrepreneurial-compliant and tackled unemployment, Adelusi said” Oni introduced the production of bread, poultry, exercise books and school chalks in public secondary schools; through which students could make a living and become employers of labor labor after leaving school.
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“He awarded Adequate and Sustainable Scholarships and Bursaries Ranging from N50, 000 to N1.5m to all qualified Ekiti Students In higher Institutions of Learning both at home and abroad, from OND up to the Ph.D. level.
“He purchased free JAMB Forms and provided three Months free of coaching for prospective candidates 2 Years Before He Became Governor and Throughout His Tenure in Office.
“Several Youths were also prepared for and put on Free Educational Trainings in Oversea Countries such as Portugal, before, during and even after he became Governor and some up to now”
