Governor Rauf
Aregbesola of Osun State says he has no regrets in committing the largest part
of the state’s resources to education development.
Aregbesola spoke
when he unveiled a new block of 10 classroom in Attan-Ayegbaju town, Osun, on
Wednesday.
The classrooms were
built by the Anglican Church in honour of Chief Bisi Akande, a former Governor
of Osun State and former interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.
According to
Aregbesola, by investing massively in education, his administration is
preparing the state’s future leaders for a better tomorrow.
Aregbesola said:
“Education by far has commanded our greatest engagement and resources and we
owe no one any apology over this.
“As I often let
people know, we are preparing for the next 25 years, what we want our children
to become and where we want them to be in an increasingly digitised and
fiercely competitive world.”
Aregbesola said that
the dedication of the classrooms resonates with the vision of his
administration’s education programmers.
In his speech,
Akande, attributed decadence and immorality in Nigerian schools to the forceful
take-over of the missionary schools by successive military governments.
Akande said the
consequence of the military take-over of the schools across the country
resulted in the displacement of people with moral integrity by fraudsters and
and the vagabonds from political leadership space.
He said that the
major reason why the military took over schools from missionaries was to lay
the foundation for their own immorality and corruption.
According to him
whether in Islamic schools or in any evangelical learning centres, all
Missionary schools known to Nigerians are institutions for moral instructions.
The Primate of the
Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, said religion
remains a veritable tool for the promotion of peaceful cohabitation and
tolerance in the society.
Okoh, who decried
religious crises in some parts of the country, expressed hope that with a
Christian faith building a school in honour of a Muslim statesman, Nigeria
would soon get out of religious vendetta.
He described Akande
as a true Muslim whose ideology and faith have impacted greatly in the lives of
fellow beings without discrimination.
4 Comments
Alright!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it the public fund!
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice move...thats what the country needs.
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