Governor Seyi Makinde has ordered the release of 136 million Naira to settle some of the challenges facing Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate.
Makinde, who made these known in Lanlate, Ibarapa East Local Government, during an on-the-spot visit to the area, equally announced that his government will release the sum of N136 million [One Hundred and Thirty-Six Million Naira] as grant to upgrade infrastructure at the Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted Makinde as explaining that N36 million [Thirty-six Million Naira] will be released as capital expenditure for the infrastructural development of the institution, while N100 million [One Hundred Million Naira] will serve as a take-off grant to address the challenges of the institution.
The governor noted that N50 million [Fifty Million Naira] will be released immediately out of the take-off grant, while the remaining N50 million will be released in the second half of the year.
Governor Makinde, while appealing to the striking staff of the institution to call off the strike in the interest of the students and the entire staff of the institution, said his government remained committed to addressing the challenges of the institution, as it is not ready to play politics with the future of the students of the institution.
He said: “I came here to have an on-the-spot assessment of the challenges and the issues that this institution is faced with, which are not allowing the institution to fulfill its mandate.
“When I was campaigning to get elected as the governor of the state, I met this JAC leadership and the new chairman of JAC. We met in Oyo and we discussed. When we were putting together the Governing Council for the institution, I invited them and we sat on my dining table.
“We kept asking for their input.
“So, for us as an administration, we know and we confirm that we are not the most intelligent, so we want everybody to come on board.
“We want everybody to have something positive to add.
“We are not playing politics, we are not interested in APC or PDP, we are talking about an institution that was supposed to produce teachers that will train our children, who will secure our future.”
