‘We spent N61bn on education in seven years’

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Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has said his administration committed about N61bn to fund education in the state in the last seven years.  

 

He said N46bn out of this figure was spent on all the state-owned tertiary institutions in the last seven years, while N15bn  was committed to public secondary schools. 

 

Ajimobi stated this on Wednesday while inaugurating the Oba Akinbiyi Model School at Mokola, Ibadan, one of the model schools constructed by his administration.

The governor said, “As an administration, we have presided over the most focused, prudent and responsible management of available resources for the maximum benefit of our people for eight years.

“Underpinning every step we have taken is our desire for quality in whatever we do. Aside from the three model schools, renovation of many blocks of classrooms in over 100 secondary schools across the state was recently carried out. We have spent close to N46bn on the funding of state-owned tertiary…



Linda Ikeji