Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state says his government would continue to ensure that funds are made available to build infrastructure and reposition the education sector to guarantee qualitative education in the state.
He gave the assurance at the commissioning of a model school building at St Paul’s Anglican basic school, Okutapemo, Iseyin as part of activities to commemorate his two years in office
Governor Makinde explained that his concern for qualitative education necessitated the raise in budgetory allocation for education to over 20%.
While noting that within two years, his administration had executed about 600 projects in the education sector,the governor explained that the model schools were not spread across the state.
Earlier, the chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Dr. Nureni Adeniran said the edifice was one of the sixty model schools extended across thirty three local government areas.
In her goodwill message, the state Coordinator of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Lydia Gbagi commended the governor for prompt payment of counterpart fund which contributed to actualization of the model school project.

Iyabo Adebisi

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