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Olalekan Soyombo is a lawyer and Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Kayode Fayemi on Students Matters. He speaks with ’YOMI AYELESO on the 2023 presidency, youth unemployment, among others.
DR Kayode Fayemi is in his second and final term as Ekiti State governor. How will you describe his policies, especially the one bordering on education?
I make bold to say that Ekiti State education sector has witnessed unprecedented development upon the advent of Dr Fayemi as governor in October 16, 2018. Being a visionary leader and an advocate of qualitative education, he made education reform in Ekiti State, a key priority, thereby making it second to none. He signed an Executive Order on Free Basic Education and this made education in Ekiti State compulsory, giving Ekiti State children uninterrupted access to formal primary and secondary school education. All levies were revoked and it became unlawful for any government agency or local government authority to impose any fee for purposes of education in primary and secondary schools in Ekiti State.By giving of automatic employment to 43 graduates of College of Medicine to boost doctor/patient ratio, the students are motivated to work very hard, knowing that an educated society is a society that is ready to impact its world. With this initiative, Governor Fayemi has debunked the notion being nurtured by our youths, that “education is scam.” Under Fayemi, that notion has been proved not to be true; education has been proven strongly not to be a scam, going by the policy of granting automatic employment to deserving graduates.