Mission Schools: Ex-Deputy Governor Seeks Agreement With Govt.
Amidst controversy over the return of mission schools to their original owners in Kwara, a former Deputy Governor in the state, Chief Joel Ogundeji, says government must enter into an agreement with proprietors on roles to be played by partnering stakeholders.
Ogundeji spoke in Ilorin on the sidelines of a forum to mark the 70th anniversary of Igbaja Teachers' College/ECWA Secondary School, Igbaja.
The elder statesman, who noted that the deplorable condition of infrastructure in the school informed the launching of a N100 million Development Fund, said government must continue to play a role in the running of such mission schools.
"The government will play its own role; even in those days when things were good, it was government that would pay teachers and do some other things.
"But now it appears that what the government was doing in the past had diminished greatly," he said.
Ogundeji, a former student of Igbaja Teachers College, however, gave an assurance that proprietors of mission schools would continue to work hard to restore the lost glory of such institutions.
The Chairman of the anniversary committee, Mr Olaitan Makanjuola, said the development fund would be used for "the reclamation of the school's deteriorating and dilapidating infrastructure and facilities."
He also said a book, "A Worthy Heritage-The Story of SIM Igbaja Teachers' College," would be launched as part of activities marking the anniversary.(NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Apata Ajele Secondary School Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence Jebba Erubu Oba Zubair Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi Bukola Ajikobi Oke-Kura Gani Saadu Offa Descendants Union Arinola Lawal Bayo Lawal Ahmad Uthman Salihu Yahaya Ilorin Anchor Men And Women Offa Abubakar Kawu Baraje Shururat Olatinwo Omupo Muazam Nayaya Adijat Adebiyi Iyaloja-General Baba Adini Of Kwara State Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu Onikijipa Micheal Imoudu Sulaiman Gado Ibrahim Taiwo Road NaAllah Abdulfatai Baakini Saidu Isa Jamiu Oyawoye Fatai Adeniyi Garba ER-KANG Susan Modupe Oluwole Bamidele Adegoke Abdulkadir Jimoh Ilorin West Sobi Hill Bashirat Bola Bello Ita-Nmo Market Babaita Henry Olaosebikan Laboratory-to-Product Joseph Bamigboye Basit Olatunji Mashood Dauda Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria Shehu Raheem Adaramaja Kola Ologbondiyan Isapa Amos Sayo Rashidi Yekini Peculiar Allowance Sadiq Umar Timothy Olatunde Fadipe Ajase-Ipo Neuropsychiatric Hospital Muftau Akanbi Oke Aisha Gobir Goodluck Jonathan Adesina Simon Sodiya Kayode Oyin Zubair Kwara Apc COVID Oba Sulaiman Asude Ethical College Awwal Jawondo Islamic Development Bank Mamatu Abdullahi Bello Abubakar Yahaya Muhammad CBT New Naira Notes Saad Omo\'ya Joseph Alex Offorjama Vasolar Sobi FM