The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Adeniyi Olowofela has commended the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Province 13 in the state for donating books and other learning, as well as health material to United Christian Secondary School, Omo-Adio, the commissioner ’s alma mater.
Olowofela said the gesture by the church was based on the injunction of Christianity and Jesus Christ of providing for the people in need, adding that it was a template for all other churches, organisations and free givers to emulate the church in alleviating poverty and promoting laudable developments.
He added that it was on this basis that the state government launched School Governing Board, an educational policy that allowed all and sundry to participate in providing for secondary schools’ educational needs and engendering a desirable development in educational sector in the state.
Earlier, the Provincial pastor of Oyo Province 13, Pastor Samuel Awobode said that the gesture was to fulfill one of the visions of the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye which was to give back to the society through the Christian Social Responsibility otherwise known as Corporate Social Responsibility.
While commending the educational policies of Governor Abiola Ajimobi, Awobode said: “we appreciate the efforts of His Excellency, Senator Abiola Ajimobi for his efforts to reposition and transform educational standard in the state, the result of which have started being seen through the students’ performance in external examinations like WAEC and NECO.
“This achievement was also made possible through the efforts of the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Professor Adeniyi Olowofela, an erudite scholar and a man of no mean status.”
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