A Yoruba leader and Afenifere Chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo weekend lauded the Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko for upholding the cardinal policy of the Action Group led by the late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, which is Education for all.”
Adebanjo asked him to “continue to flaunt and hold the banner of good governance.”
The Afenifere chieftain gave the charge in Ondo during the Commissioning of theAwosika Memorial Caring Heart Mega Primary School, where he was the guest of honour.
Adebanjo said quality education remains the forerunner of an egalitarian society, pointing out that the Mega school type of educational infrastructure being provided by Governor Mimiko is unequalled.
The Awosika Memorial Mega Primary School is the Type B of the Mimiko’s educational intervention at the Primary level.
It has 21 Standard classrooms, capable of accommodating 521 pupils; computer laboratories; library; recreation centre and play ground, an event hall, modern conveniences and 24hrs water system.
Inaugurating the school, Governor Mimiko explained that without education, many families would have been recycling poverty from generation to generations.
He said the joy of education is the fact of its being a precursor to an egalitarian society.
‘Seeing parents removing their Children from Private schools to Public schools, (to the Caring Heart Mega Primary Schools), that is, Social Integration, makes me happy”
‘’Our paradigm of transformation is both at the economic and social strata, where the child of the gardener is in the same school with the child of the Commissioner; where the wife of a driver stays side by side with the wife of the Commissioner and the Permanent Secretary in the same hospital as obtains now in the Mother and child hospital .”
Governor Mimiko said education will enable the society drive towards an equitable standard while providing opportunity to build God-given talents.
He said his administration’s investment in education is a fundamental approach at the total transformation of the society.
Mimiko explained that a sustainable education paradigm is being driven by a 5 I’s initiative which are Incentivisation, Inspectorate, ICT, Infrastructures and Institution.
According to him, recent positive development in the education sector has justified the investment such that the WAEC national scale which put Ondo State at 33rd position when he came on board in 2009 has now changed tremendously to 7th position.
‘’The National Award on Education had Ondo State indigenes on its top list”, he also mentioned.
The Mimiko led government has built over 50 mega schools in the state.
Meanwhile, Governor, Mimiko also yesterday commissioned the Stadium Road Neighbourhood Market in Ondo City.
The 70 lock-up shops capacity market comes with adequate conveniences, a reticulated borehole water facility, restaurant, interlocked paved way and much more.
The Lisa of Ondo Kingdom, High Chief Simeon Oguntimehin, who stood in for the Osemawe, Oba Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo, at the Commissioning praised Governor Mimiko for walking the talk.
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