JUST IN Makinde Declares Entry Forms Into Public Schools Free, Others

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has directed that entry forms into the State’s Schools of Science and Junior Secondary Schools be made free henceforth.

Makinde, in a directive issued through the State Head of Service, Mrs. Amidat Ololade Agboola, ordered that placement/screening exercise Forms for students into Junior Secondary Schools be made free henceforth.

Confirming the development, the Chief Press Secretary in a statement made available to Mouthpiece NG on Tuesday disclosed that fees earlier paid by the categories of students mentioned above be refunded by the management of the respective schools immediately.

According to the statement, the directive by Governor Makinde is in fulfilment of his electioneering campaign promise to promote free and quality education to the citizenry of the State.

The statement further appealed to Stakeholders to co-operate with the present administration to ensure that the state assumes its pacesetter status in the education sector.

In another development, the government has kick-started massive refuse evacuation in Ibadan metropolis.

 Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Gabriel Oguntola and his Information Ministry counterpart, Dr. Bashir Olanrewaju, who spoke during the evacuation exercise held at Gege River in Ayeye, area of Ibadan, said that the exercise was aimed at making the city of Ibadan clean and habitable.

While appealing to the traders and residents to cooperate with the state government, the duo urged the citizens to keep a hygienic environment so as to prevent any outbreak of epidemic and other communicable diseases that might be contacted from unhealthy environment.

The Chief Operating Officer of West African Energy, Mrs. Lolade Oresanya, who also spoke during the exercise stated that some 30 priority dumping sites in Ibadan needed immediate evacuation adding that Gege River in Ibadan North West Local Government has been identified as one. 

Oresanya admonished the residents and traders in the area to patronize Government- approved refuse contractors and waste managers so as to achieve government’s mandate of zero tolerance for indiscriminate waste and refuse disposal in the state.