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  • Ajimobi seeks increase in Oyo’s education intervention fund

    Ajimobi seeks increase in Oyo’s education intervention fund

    Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi yesterday urged the Federal Government to increase the state’s education intervention fund.

    He said this would help his administration actualise its education agenda.

    Ajimobi spoke in his office in Ibadan, the state capital, while receiving members of the Senate Committee on Education, led by the Chairman, Mr. Uche Chukwumerije.

    The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo, said a huge amount was required to reposition the education sector.

    He said Oyo was one of the states with the highest number of public schools in the country, hence the need for an increase in the intervention fund.

    Ajimobi described education as the bedrock of meaningful development in any society.

    Chukwumerije said 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 hailed the visionary leadership of the governor and the achievements recorded by his administration.

    Chukwumerije said: “We are visiting a distinguished senator, who, when he was in the Senate, was very popular. Ajimobi left an indelible mark in the Senate and we are happy with his visionary leadership. We are very happy with the execution of projects in Oyo State, particularly in the education sector.”

    He regretted that Oyo State had not accessed the 2011/2012 intervention fund and said the committee would help the state actualise this.

     

  • Ajimobi reinstates 1,499 sacked workers

    Ajimobi reinstates 1,499 sacked workers

    Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi yesterday reinstated 1,499 of the 3,000 workers that were sacked for falsification of academic certificates and personal data.

    The decision to reinstate the workers, which was reached at the State Executive Council meeting in Ibadan, the state capital, was sequel to the recommendations of the panel constituted by the governor to review the workers’ sack.

    Those reinstated would be paid salary arrears.

    The immediate-past administration in the state had engaged the services of a firm, Captain Consulting, to audit workers in the state, with the latter using certain criteria to determine those who falsified their ages.

    One of the criteria was the assumption that every pupil would have been admitted to primary school in the 1960s and 1970s at the minimum age of six years and would sit for the Primary School Leaving Certificate at age 12 years, among other considerations.

    But the 13-member panel, headed by the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Justice Adebayo Ojo, said some children got double promotion in their schools.

    It also noted that some pupils in the 1960s and 1970s started school at ages four or five, either because of the influences of their elite parents or the absence of children of enrolment age in their localities.

    The panel said as much as the government wanted to reform the public service and removing bad eggs from the system, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to prove the charges of age falsification.

    It said some of the workers were not mature enough to discover the discrepancies between their real ages and what was written in their testimonials, when they left school.

    The 357 officers, who were not cleared by the panel, would be retired.

     

  • Adegbite’s death a monumental loss, says Ajimobi

    Adegbite’s death a monumental loss, says Ajimobi

    Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has described the death of the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Lateef Adegbite, as “a monumental loss” to the Muslim community, the legal profession and Nigeria.

    In a statement yesterday by his media aide, Dr. Festus Adedayo, Ajimobi said he received the news of Adegbite’s demise with shock and disbelief.

    He described the deceased as an elder statesman, who lived his life fostering the country’s unity.

    The governor said the late Adegbite used his status as the NSCIA scribe to advance the cause of Islam and to ensure harmony among various religious groups.

    He said: “It is on record that the late Adegbite made his mark in the legal profession by seeking justice for the poor and oppressed.

    “His death is highly unfortunate and disheartening, more so at this critical time when the nation needs his spiritual counsel to tackle the myriads of problems confronting it.

    “We are, however, consoled by the fact that Adegbite lived a fulfilled life; a life of service to humanity.”

    Ajimobi urged the late Adegbite’s friends, associates and family to celebrate his passage, because he did his best to impact positively on fellow human beings and his fatherland.

    He prayed the Almighty Allah to grant the late Adegbite Aljanah Firdaus and the family the fortitude to bear the “irreparable loss”.