House of Rep C’ttee lauds Oyo govt on basic education
By Anu Oyeleye
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services have commended the quality of projects executed in Oyo State in the area of basic education.
Speaking after an inspection of projects in Oyo State, the Deputy chairman of the committee, Hon. Usman Zanna (APC, Borno), expressed satisfaction over the standard achieved, saying that the Stated surpassed all expectations.
Zana who led a delegation of the committee to the state on oversight visit to inspect and assess the level of utilization of federal government matching grant released to the state to develop basic education infrastructure, said only Oyo state has paid part of counterpart funding in 2021, adding that this attests to the commitment of the present administration on improving education in Oyo state.
The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan while receiving the delegation at the State Executive chamber stressed that the State Government takes education as a major priority hence the drastic reduction in the number of out of school children in the state.
Engineer Rauf Olaniyan affirmed that the state government is committed to infrastructural development and capacity building for schools in Oyo State and will do all possible including payment of counterpart funds and maintaining cordial relationship with the Universal Basic Education Commission.
“Oyo State Government is determined to regain its pace-setting status by ranking first in WAEC examination before the administration runs out in 2023”, he said.
Speaking earlier, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran, said the team has inspected the projects embarked upon by the State Government in collaboration with UBEC and are satisfied with the level of work done.
The chairman revealed that the Oyo State government has paid the backlog of counterpart funding to UBEC and has paid all required funding including counterpart funds for 2020/2021 Intervention projects.
Dr. Nureni enjoined the committee to facilitate the release of funds and all other necessary donations due to Oyo state from the Universal Basic Education Commission, including the yet-to-be assessed $3million advance funds for Better Education Service Delivery, a World Bank Assisted Loan.
