TELL Magazine

Ademola Adeleke, Executive Governor of Osun State, has on June 14, reiterated the commitment of his administration to improving Osun state performance at national examinations through strengthening the basic education foundation of the state.

Adeleke solicited the support and cooperation of the Univêrsal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, for the development of basic education in Osun state, while he also disclosed the readiness of the state to fulfill requirements for accessing further UBEC grants.

In a statement issued by Olawale Rasheed, Spokesperson to the Executive Governor, Governor Adeleke during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi in Abuja, said his government is fixated on improving the examination rating of the state by addressing the basic challenges facing education at primary and junior secondary levels.

He noted that enhancing the learning environment through upgraded school facilities is the key area of his focus, hence his visit to the UBEC Executive Secretary.

He, therefore, commended the contributions of UBEC to the development of education in Nigeria, Governor Adeleke assured the UBEC boss that Osun will ramp up its fulfillment of conditionalities for assessing further grants from the commission.

According to him, his administration is aware of the importance of counterpart funding from the state government, assuring that he has reorganised the state’s SUBEB to ensure an accelerated partnership between the state and UBEC.