… Says over N2 billion expended on college Renovation, Improve

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji on Thursday doled out over N35 million to lecturers and directors for his or her spectacular performances in uplifting schooling within the state.

Presenting the Cheques on the well-attended occasion held on the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion, Ado Ekiti Governor Oyebanji congratulated the lecturers for his or her sturdy dedication to obligation, patriotism, resilience and exhausting work in selling schooling within the state.

The Governor additionally stated his administration has dedicated over 2Billion Naira to large renovation and improve of faculties all through the sixteen native authorities areas of the state to make studying setting extra conducive and attention-grabbing for each lecturers and learners.

Governor Oyebanji, who stated his administration acknowledged the roles of lecturers and their sacrifices regardless of apparent inadequacies, defined that it was the explanation his authorities has centered consideration on assembly a number of the fundamental wants of the lecturers which included fee of excellent salaries, promotion areas, depart bonuses, automotive mortgage, amongst others.

Talking on the theme for this 12 months’s World Lecturers Day, “The lecturers we’d like for the schooling we wish: the worldwide crucial to reverse the lecturers’ scarcity”, Governor Oyebanji stated the problem of scarcity of lecturers is a worldwide phenomenon that wants concerted efforts to handle which is why his administration has undertaken two consecutive recruitment train since he assumed workplace.

He defined that his administration had cumulatively recruited 1500 lecturers into the first colleges section and 500 lecturers within the secondary college section with an assurance that his authorities would proceed to make use of extra lecturers to fill vacancies occasioned by retirement and alter of profession.

Whereas commending the lecturers for his or her dedication and steadfastness to obligation, the Governor charged them to proceed to do their finest to make sure the scholars are properly educated in all domains of schooling. He additionally urged the lecturers to proceed to enhance their occupation by taking the benefit of contemporary know-how units in modernizing their educating abilities so as to make studying extra sturdy, all-round and related for as we speak.

The highpoint of the ceremony attended by lecturers from the 16 native authorities and the LCDAs was the presentation of cheques of N5million every to one of the best lecturers in each Main and secondary colleges classes. The beneficiaries had been Osaranmaye Yetunde of St. Marks Nursery & Main Faculty, Ilupeju Ekiti for the Main class and Owoseeni Tolulope of Harding Memorial School, Ado Ekiti for the Secondary Class.

Different awards embrace twenty-six comfort prizes of N100,000 every slicing throughout each Main and secondary colleges whereas the primary runners-up acquired N1.5million every and the second runners-up acquired N1 million every.

Additionally, N2million went to every of the 2 finest directors from main and secondary colleges classes within the state. They’re Ogunruku Blessing Adebimpe of SUBEB Nursery & Main Faculty, Oye Ekiti and Oso Ebenezer Oluwarotimi of Christ Faculty, Ado Ekiti.

“As you at the moment are properly accustomed to our Six Pillars of Administration, youth improvement and human capital improvement are the primary and two respectively within the six pillars. For us, probably the most pressing want as we speak and the closest future is the empowerment of our youths via high quality schooling, talent acquisition and innovation. To attain these pillars, you might be on the central of the method.

“It is because of this that we now have centered consideration on assembly a few of your fundamental welfare wants together with the fee of excellent salaries, promotion arrears, depart bonus, automotive loans amongst others. We acknowledge your dedication to obligation and contribution to the event of our state and we are going to proceed to present you mandatory incentives to make you to do extra.

“Our administration has undertaken two consecutive recruitment workout routines since I assumed workplace. As at as we speak, we now have cumulatively recruited 1500 lecturers into the first college section and 500 lecturers into the secondary colleges, bringing the full variety of newly recruited lecturers to 2000.” The Governor acknowledged.

Earlier in his welcome deal with, the Commissioner for Schooling, Dr Olabimpe Aderiye who was represented by the Everlasting Secretary within the ministry, Dr Folakemi Olomojobi applauded the Governor on the respect and motivations he accorded lecturers, including that numerous achievements of the Governor in academic sector has proven that he’s actually a teacher-friendly Governor.

Of their separate goodwill messages, the SUBEB Chairman, Prof Femi Akinwumi who was represented by the Everlasting Secretary Mr. Afolabi Adebiyi, NUT Nationwide President who was represented by the previous South West vp, Comrade Kayode Akosile, Ekiti NUT President, Comrade Dauda Olaitan, ASUSS Chairman, Comrade Sola Adigun, all recommended the Governor for all his large strides in schooling sector which has taken the state to an enviable place.

All of them recommended the Governor for immediate fee of salaries, working grants, transformation of technical faculties, and renovation of faculties buildings amongst others. They assured the Governor that lecturers within the state can be extra dedicated and devoted to the general curiosity of the state.

Additionally on the occasion had been the Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye; Speaker, Ekiti State Home of Meeting, Rt. Hon. Adeoye Aribasoye; his Oyo State counterpart, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin; members of the Home of Meeting; members of the State Government Council, Secretary to the State Authorities, Dr Habibat Adubiaro amongst others.

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