We’ve spent N16bn on basic education devt in 30 months ― Fayemi

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has disclosed that his administration had spent N16 billion to develop basic education in the state by building new schools, renovating others and building the capacity of teachers since 2018.

Fayemi, who stated this in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital while receiving a delegation from Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) led by its Executive Secretary, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, also affirmed that the state had recorded 40,000 and 25,000 increase in primary and secondary schools enrolment respectively within the first two and a half years of his administration.

Fayemi also said that his administration had to pay N8billion to enable it to access N16 billion, stressing that the intervention has been very helpful to the state in its giant strides in the area of basic education development.

Noting that neglect in basic education development by the immediate past administration led to the state moving from the first position it occupied in 2014 to the last position when he came back in 2018, Dr Fayemi, however, said he was happy seeing that the state has bounced back to its enviable position in the South-West and the entire country within a period of two and a half years that he returned to office.

He said the government would continue to make schools easily accessible to all Ekiti children no matter where they live to enable them to get to their school covering short distance in line with the provision of UNESCO.

The Governor further reiterated the commitment of his administration to the development of e-learning at every level of education in the state, adding that he had a shot at it during his first term in office where he had an agreement with Samsung for the provision of a Solar laptop per child in the junior secondary schools.

“I remember visiting the Executive Secretary in my first month in office when I returned in 2018, and UBEC had just completed a study at the time on enrolment and performance, and Ekiti that was the first when I left in 2014 was the last in the entire Southwest. And I think in two and a half years, we have had a 40,000 increase in our Primary School enrolment and 25,000 in Secondary School enrollment,” he said.

The Governor, who commended the Executive Secretary for the great job the commission was doing, described him as an exemplar who has painstakingly delivered on the assignment given to him making use of critical initiative.

Earlier, the UBEC Executive Secretary, Dr Bobboyi commended the sincerity of Fayemi and his administration for the huge investment in education saying the state never lagged behind in payment of counterpart funding during his administration.

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