To access UN’s REDD PLUS Grant
Admin l Tuesday, Setpember 10, 2019
IBADAN, Oyo, Nigeria – The Oyo State Governor has concluded plans to refund N28 million to parents and guardians who paid for forms and other expenses in state-owned secondary schools under the previous administration.
Governor Seyi Makinde who made the revelation on the social media said the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s website has been updated to include helplines so that citizens can get in touch with government on issues of education.
“We are in the process of refunding N28 Million to parents and guardians who paid for forms and other expenses in state-owned secondary schools under the previous administration. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology website has been updated to include helplines so citizens can get in touch about governance issues on education”, he said.
He explained that at the Exco today his team received updates from Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Daud Shangodoyin on the ongoing renovation of 100 state-owned schools.
He said 40 public schools have been completed, while 60 are at advanced stages of renovation and close to completion.
“The distribution of exercise books and textbooks to students will commence on Monday, September 16, 2019, when schools resume.
We are also taking stock of our teachers (Mainstream, NYSC, N-Power and PTA) and the subjects they teach to note the distribution so our intervention will be adequately targeted. The issue of running costs of schools is being addressed”, the governor said.
He said the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Honourable Kehinde Ayoola, gave us update on the steps being taken to expand “our forest reserves, and Oyo State’s bid to access the United Nations’ Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD PLUS) Grant.
