Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, has said that his administration has through various efforts re-established education as core responsibility of government.
He said the massive infrastructure provision and development of the personnel in the sector are part of the efforts at ensuring that education is used to catalyse a new wave of development that will make the state to be the envy of all.
The governor made this disclosure while hosting members of the Nigerian Library Association during a courtesy visit to him at the Government House in Osogbo.
Aregbesola explained the rationale behind making libraries major components of the designs of the new mega schools some of which have been completed while others are ongoing.
The visit according to the association was part of the routine to commemorate its 53rd National Conference and Annual General Meeting taking place in Osogbo.
The governor stressed that his administration places high priority on the education of her children and the future of the state, hence the provision of massive educational infrastructure development that has no equal in the country.
Aregbesola added that his government is conscious of the role of the library as the source of knowledge, therefore the infrastructure development in education is well integrated with the provision of standard libraries.
He said, “We will want to see more of you in this state. By the time you come back may be individually or as a group, most of the projects that are on-going in the state will have been completed by the grace of God.
“We are making huge efforts in re-establishing education in our state as a core responsibility of government. We are embarking on a massive education infrastructure development that seems not to have any equal in Nigeria today.
“That educational infrastructural development is well integrated with provision of standard libraries for the ones that have …Read More
Source:: New Mail
