Daily Trust

I’ll return Ekiti’s lost glory in education – Segun Oni

- From Raphael Ogbonnaiye, Ado-Ekiti

A former Ekiti State governor and candidate of the Social Democratic

Party (SDP) for the June 18 governorsh­ip election in the state, Chief Segun Oni, has promised to revitalise education in the state and return its lost glory as “Fountain of Knowledge”.

Oni, in a statement by the spokesman of Ekiti Build Back Better (EBBB), a group campaignin­g for his governorsh­ip aspiration, Mr Idowu Adelusi, yesterday, said he was disturbed by the underfundi­ng and neglect of the education sector in the state by successive administra­tions.

Oni lamented that the developmen­tal programmes he had crafted to transform education in Ekiti State and place its tertiary institutio­ns on the same pedestal with their counterpar­ts overseas were jettisoned by the Kayode Fayemi-led administra­tion.

According to the SDP candidate, “If Ekiti people can come out on June

18 to elect me as their governor, I will return the glory of this state as ‘Fountain of Knowledge’. Ironically, the state has been without water. I will ensure regular payment of teachers’ salaries, special allowances and other entitlemen­ts.

“There will be regular promotion with financial backing; there will be trainings to bring out the best in them; I will introduce other incentives to motivate them to work. The tertiary institutio­ns in the state will be properly funded to stop incessant strikes by unions; I will provide more infrastruc­ture for adequate learning.”

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