Educash: Ogun govt to disburse another N3.5 billion to 150,000 beneficiaries
Shuts firm over environmental infractions
OGUN State Government has said that N3.5 billion had been earmarked for the ongoing Educash transfer programme of the Governor Dapo Abiodun- led administration.
According to it, about 100,000 indigent pupils in public primary and secondary schools, as well as 50,000 students in tertiary institutions across the country, will benefit at the end of the exercise.
The state government also disclosed that over 40,000 students and pupils in primary and secondary schools had so far benefited from the programme.
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, who disclosed this shortly after monitoring the cash transfer to parents of indigent students in public primary and secondary schools in the Remo Division of the state, promised that no one would be left out.
He, therefore, assured parents who are yet to receive the money to remain calm as it would soon be their turn.
In her remarks, Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Ronke Soyombo, admonished parents not to use the money for their own personal needs but to ensure that they prioritised the future of their children.
IN another development, the state government has shut down the Tera Aqua Environmental Consult Pyrolysis Plant in Sango- Ota over harmful environmental infractions.
This, according to it, was part of efforts aimed at ensuring industries operating in the state adopt global environmental best standards.
Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment,
Farook Akintunde, who doubles as Chairman of the state Taskforce on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, during the shutdown of the black- oil, bio- char and steel wire producing firm, warned others not to take government's friendly postures for granted.
He said the company was found guilty of operating under harmful, inhuman and substandard conditions have impacted negatively on the environment and residents of its immediate host communities.