[size=13pt]Ogun to reduce number of tertiary institutions[/size]

The Ogun State government on Wednesday gave an indication of its intention to reduce the number of its tertiary institutions, as it expressed worry over what was described as the proliferation of state-owned higher education institutions.

It would be recalled that the immediate past administration led by Gbenga Daniel had established six tertiary institutions in addition to the existing four in the state, bringing the total number to 10.

The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olusegun Odubela hinted at a reduction while addressing journalists at his Oke-Mosan office, in Abeokuta, the state capital. He said "as a state, we believe that this number is huge, but we don't want a situation where we will take a decision without bringing in experts who will look at it and then recommend."

He explained that the newly inaugurated panel of visitation and fact-finding is set to carefully look into the issues.

"They will look at it, look at the reasons why those schools were set up. Are they actually meeting those needs? Do we have good schools? We don't want to sit as a government and take a decision without bringing in proper professionals who will look into it and then recommend to us and that is what we have done," said Mr Odubela.



Following due process

On the controversial return of schools to missions, the commissioner condemned the action of Mr Daniel's administration, which, according to him, did not follow due process.

"At the time the past administration would get that MoU where they agreed to handover those schools, they were not considering the law which is still in existence. That law has not been amended, it has not been repealed and an MOU cannot supersede a law. It was not properly done and that MoU, to me, cannot withstand the position of the law," Mr Odubela said. "Secondly, we discovered that the past administration did not actually take a lot of things into consideration. If you just agree with the way they have done, almost about 30,000 of our students will be roaming the streets because they will not be able to pay those fees that will be charged by those missionary schools."

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OAM4J:

[size=13pt]Ogun to reduce number of tertiary institutions[/size]

The Ogun State government on Wednesday gave an indication of its intention to reduce the number of its tertiary institutions, as it expressed worry over what was described as the proliferation of state-owned higher education institutions.

It would be recalled that the immediate past administration led by Gbenga Daniel had established six tertiary institutions in addition to the existing four in the state, bringing the total number to 10.

The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olusegun Odubela hinted at a reduction while addressing journalists at his Oke-Mosan office, in Abeokuta, the state capital. He said "as a state, we believe that this number is huge, but we don't want a situation where we will take a decision without bringing in experts who will look at it and then recommend."

He explained that the newly inaugurated panel of visitation and fact-finding is set to carefully look into the issues.

"They will look at it, look at the reasons why those schools were set up. Are they actually meeting those needs? Do we have good schools? We don't want to sit as a government and take a decision without bringing in proper professionals who will look into it and then recommend to us and that is what we have done," said Mr Odubela.



Following due process

On the controversial return of schools to missions, the commissioner condemned the action of Mr Daniel's administration, which, according to him, did not follow due process.

"At the time the past administration would get that MoU where they agreed to handover those schools, they were not considering the law which is still in existence. That law has not been amended, it has not been repealed and an MOU cannot supersede a law. It was not properly done and that MoU, to me, cannot withstand the position of the law," Mr Odubela said. "Secondly, we discovered that the past administration did not actually take a lot of things into consideration. If you just agree with the way they have done, almost about 30,000 of our students will be roaming the streets because they will not be able to pay those fees that will be charged by those missionary schools."

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that man must have grown up in either ngwa, mbaise or ihiala. Stup1d fool

Good move

na only them?

Rubbish sch fee u no reduce it seems u av forgotten d promise u made imagine 100l paying 181k i am doubting this Amosu,

Not again

OAM4J:

[size=13pt]Ogun to reduce number of tertiary institutions[/size]

It would be recalled that the immediate past administration led by Gbenga Daniel had established six tertiary institutions in addition to the existing four in the state, bringing the total number to 10.

Haba Ten tertiary schools for Ogun state alone to administer. Honestly i feel this is too much.

omg!

GATEWAY POLY-IGBESA, SAPAADE, IJEBU-IGBO.
These are the liabilities built by Gbenga to syphon money and waste resources of Ogun state.
We knew it they shall all be scraped in the course of time by on-coming administrations as they are bound to constitute load on the little resources we have in the state. Myopic leadership is the bane of our development in this part of the world.
I hereby use this medium to further state it that none of this so-called mush-room Polytechnics have no equipments to run the programmes they were set for.
Governor Amosun, scrap them and convert them to secondary schools for those communities to enjoy.

Good move

Mscheeew

is it not this same ogun that want to establish 10,000 industries? , na spirit go dey work there

i don't think this report is correct. i served in Ogun state and i can honestly tell you that there are more than this number of schools. They even have a sports festival for all tertiary institutions in the state and believe me you will think it is a state sports festival, This move is a laudible one, Kudos to Amosu. To all doubting Thomases, pls let this man work, haba, OGD ravaged and raped the state for 8 years, do you think all this can be corrected within 100 days? give this man the space to work, abeg

plenty of schools with no proper care, its good to delete some