Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said on Thursday that recent developments in Osun state especially education sector, had become a cause for concern.
He noted that one of such developments was the poor state of education in the state.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned Aregbesola said this while receiving the Life Time Achievement Award from the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria on Thursday.
He described the award as a testimony to his legacies in education development in Osun state during his governorship.
The award was presented to him in his office in Abuja by the Deputy National Chairman of the Association, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, who represented the National Chairman, Haruna Danjuma.
Aregbesola said his administration had prioritized education in Osun state by building 3,685 new classrooms and 11 world-class new schools.
The minister said his administration focused more on the value and quality of education given to students and pupils in Osun state adding that the results were available for all to see except that his critics, who were mainly elite, had emotional attachments and nostalgia about the names of their former schools.
‘Osun was ranked as one of the 10th largest economy in Nigeria, ranked as 2nd highest in schools enrolment/attendance, next to Lagos State with enrolment moving from 15 to 45, and later to over 65 per cent as of the time I left.
But sadly today, the situation has changed. And it pained me that the vision and capacity that we demonstrated in delivering services to the people have been arrested. I am only putting the record straight and not to castigate anybody.
In terms of security of lives and property, Osun was first in Nigeria peace index according to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics (2018). Those who attempted to rob a bank in Osun paid the supreme price for their action as they were neutralized by security forces. We invested heavily on security and lifted over 700,000 people out of poverty’ he said.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Shuaib Belgore said Aregbesola had continued to build on his achievements in Osun state since assuming office as Minister, asserting that through his reforms, sanity has been restored to passports issuance in the country.
The Chairman of NAPTAN said Aregbesola was given the award based on his track record in Osun state as a humanist and a performer, noting that the award was designed to encourage not only the Minister, but other public servants like him- Team@orientactualmags.com
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