We are vindicated —PDP

Ahead of the August 9, governorship poll in Osun, the State Commissioner for Special Duties and Regional Integration, Mr Ajibola Bashiru, on Thursday, in Osogbo, defended the
withdrawal of the learning tablets otherwise known as “Opon Imo” from
students of public high schools.

Fielding questions from newsmen at a forum organised by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State chapter, he asserted that on the purported “arrest of students who refused to submit their Opon Imo by the security agents, is it right for students to steal the learning device?

Apparently reacting to the statement
issued by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s standard bearer, Senator Iyiola Omisore, who on Wednesday accused the state government of withdrawing the
learning tablets to allegedly cover up errors, Bashiru contended that Senator Iyiola Omisore and his spokesman, Diran Odeyemi are “pathological liars”.

“They first claimed that we distributed only 200 learning tablets.

Now that they are aggrieved, they said we are withdrawing Opon Imo.

We distributed Opon Imo to SSS3 students, who were writing WASCE examination.

The government did not say Opon Imon is given out for keeps to the students”, he remarked.

But, Omisore’s director of media and
strategy, Mr Diran Odeyemi, insisted that “with the position of Bashiru, we have been vindicated by the admittance of guilt, dearth of ICT knowledge and lack of coordination on the part of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government.”

He stated, “apart from retrieving the
learning tablets from students without intimating them about such action at the onset of distribution, it is absurd and inhuman to hound underage students with police over such device”.

“Their defence is not only weak, but it also lacks substance because they cannot controvert the fact that there are errors in their deceitful Opon Imo.

The Commissioner for Information, Sunday Akere, had spoken the truth that they are effecting some modifications on the learning tablets”, Odeyemi submitted.

..........after all the media hype, if this is true then the PDP people would really have scored a huge and made a campaign point on opon imo. Because I really love the idea of students owning their own computer tablets "oppon imo" in Osun state.

www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/11687-osun-decides-opon-imo-controversy-why-we-used-police-to-retrieve-device-from-students-govt-we-are-vindicated-pdp

Hmmmmmm

Education is the one easily measurable achievement using waec, jamb etc. it is where gimmicks are soon easily exposed. Here with opon imo Oshun state declined badly and with no gimmicks Peter Obi's Anambra went to number one in waec jamb unity school admissions and kings college admissions. My advise. If you are looking for cheap gimmicks avoid education as you would be exposed very quickly and easily.

jerseyboy: Education is the one easily measurable achievement using waec, jamb etc. it is where gimmicks are soon easily exposed. Here with hi spoon imo Oshun state declined badly and with no gimmicks Peter Obi's Anambra went to number one in waec jamb unity school admissions and kings college admissions. My advise. If you are looking for cheap gimmicks avoid education as you would be exposed very quickly and easily.

clear point made

jerseyboy: Education is the one easily measurable achievement using waec, jamb etc. it is where gimmicks are soon easily exposed. Here with opon imo Oshun state declined badly and with no gimmicks Peter Obi's Anambra went to number one in waec jamb unity school admissions and kings college admissions. My advise. If you are looking for cheap gimmicks avoid education as you would be exposed very quickly and easily.

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Where they supposed to return the tablets after graduation??

Political blunder of the highest order. The government should have pretended and wait till after the election before retrieving the tabs from the students!

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Osun does not have fund for new sets, the old students have to return it so the junior can also use it. Or if it was a destop, will they carry it along?.