Ogun’s maiden education summit

The Greek philosopher, Aristotle, once said: “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”

Nelson Mandela also said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

It is against this backdrop  that the present administration in Ogun State led by Senator Ibikunle Amosun placed priority on education as first out of its five cardinal programmes when assumed office in May 29, 2011.

Ogun State has, for ages, had comparative advantage in education. As a way of protecting the unprecedented and proud legacy, the state government has therefore invested heavily in education.

Due to its commitment to continually transforming the education sector, the state government has added another worthwhile achievement to the huge development recorded so far by organising maiden ‘Education Summit, tagged ‘Ogun State 2017 Education Summit’.

The summit, which was aimed at reviewing the giant strides of the state government in education since the current government’s assumption of office and how best to improve upon them, had in attendance different stakeholders in education who presided over different sessions.

The state governor, while addressing the guests and resources person at the two-day event held at the June 12 Cultural centre, Kuto, Abeokuta on Monday, May 22, 2017 said the summit was coming at a time like this because the state was fast becoming the education capital of Nigeria with 1,495 public primary schools, 2144 approved private nursery and primary schools with a combined population of 717,911 students in primary schools as well as 10 state-owned tertiary institutions.

He added that his government had had to deal with huge financial responsibilities in the sector than any State of the federation.

In the last six years of his administration, education has consistently got the lion share of the state budget, as over N52 billion has been disbursed as subventions and grants to its 10 tertiary institutions across the state. All of this was done to make education conducive for students.

Temitayo  Taylor

Abeokuta,

Ogun State.