The Permanent Secretary, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), State of Osun, Alhaji Fatai Kolawole has reinstated the commitment of the present administration under the leadership of Governor Gboyega Oyetola to schools infrastructure renewal programs in order to ensure that existing schools facilities in the State are in good quality.
Alhaji Kolawole gave the assurance last week Monday while speaking with a cross-section of contractors during bids opening ceremony for the year 2018 Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) /State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) intervention fund project in Osogbo, the State capital.
The SUBEB boss said the state government of Osun and UBEC, Abuja are poised to inject huge amounts of money into ongoing schools infrastructure renewal program while adding that agricultural education program shall also be seriously focused at schools by the government.
He also expressed the desire of the present administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola to deliver dividends of democracy to all nook and crannies of the state.
Alhaji Kolawole enumerated the achievements of the present administration under the leadership of Governor Oyetola in education sector within one year, which he said includes, 32 blocks of newly constructed 167 classrooms, 31 public elementary and middle schools were renovated, 4100 units of students furniture for JSS and Middle Schools, 4800 pupils furniture for primary and Elementary schools and 900 Teacher furniture were procured and distributed to schools
Others were 58 block of squatting toilet constructed, 24 public elementary, primary and middle schools were fenced,10 public elementary and middle schools were equipped with ICT materials with solar electrification, drilling and reticulation of 9 units borehole, construction of 16 units motorized deep well and distribution of sporting material to 67 schools across the state.
While speaking separately at the event, the State Coordinator, Universal Basic Education Board Commission (UBEC), Mr Jimoh Kamaldeen and Director Planning Research and Statics (SUBEB), Mrs Iyabo Olaniyan also corroborated the earlier position of Alhaji Kolawole by urging the contractors to do standard job which must be completed and promptly delivered based on the time schedule for delivery, explaining that all hands are going to be on deck in ensuring that serious monitoring is going to be carried out to various construction sites in order to put in place standard school buildings that will meet test of the time for the benefit of Osun school children and future generation.
Highlights of the event were modalities for the execution of bided projects which were conducted by the duo of Arc. Nuraini Fajinmolu, Project Architect and Mr Mutiu Olatunji, Project Builder, both taking the contractors through the nitty-gritty of needed construction specifications from the contractors.
