Over 600 illegal nursery, primary schools closed down in Osun, says govt Over 600 illegal nursery, primary schools closed down in Osun, says govt
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The Osun State government says it has closed down more than 600 nursery and primary schools operating without minimum standard requirements in the state.
The Commissioner for Education, Mr Folorunsho Bamisayemi, said this during an inter-ministerial news conference organised by the Ministry of Information and Civic Orientation on Wednesday in Osogbo, the state capital.
Bamisayemi said that the closure of the schools was part of the state government’s effort to sanitise the sector.
He said: “We have declared a war on mushroom schools. We have zero-tolerance for quacks in the system and schools that do not meet the required standard.
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The Osun government says it has shut more than 600 nursery and primary schools operating without minimum standard requirements in the state.
The Commissioner for Education, Folorunsho Bamisayemi, said this during an inter-ministerial news conference organised by the Ministry of Information and Civic Orientation on Wednesday in Osogbo.
Mr Bamisayemi said the closure of the schools was part of the state government’s effort to sanitise the sector.
“We have declared a war on mushroom schools,” he said. “We have zero tolerance for quacks in the system and schools that do not meet the required standard.”
“We know the danger of mushroom schools, because once the education foundation of a child is destroyed, it becomes difficult to build a solid structure on it.”
The Osun State Government on Sunday, described as painful, the death of Sergeant Opeyemi Adesina and ACM Oyedepo in the plane crash that also involved the
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Immediate past president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the incumbent Osun State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, in this interview by Saturday Tribune’s SAHEED SALAWU, speaks on sundry issues, including the state of the media, 22 years of democracy in Nigeria and the scorecard of her principal, Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
Democracy will be 22 years old in Nigeria next week. How would you assess its impact on the lives of the average Nigerian?
Democracy is where we are at the moment. It’s been a long journey, and considering where we are coming from, I think we have not done too badly. There is plenty of room for improvement but when we look back to the military days, to the freedom we were deprived of, the many issues of people not being able to express themselves, to call the government’s attention to what they want; when we look back to the days when it was just about obeying the last order, the days when the rule
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Published 15 May 2021
Osun State Government on Friday kept mum as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party berated Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for absenting self from the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum meeting held in Delta State earlier in the week.
Governors from the southern part of the country had at the meeting discussed issues affecting the region and subsequently banned open grazing in the region. They also demanded restructuring of the country and the convocation of a national dialogue, among other issues.
But Osun State governor, who was said to be in Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj, did not attend the meeting and reportedly did not send his deputy, Benedict Alabi, who had been in charge since Oyetola embarked on the trip to the Holy Land.