The Oyo State Executive Council has appealed to the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to allow students to go back to school and discontinue the disruption of the academic calendar any further.
This appeal was contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, after the executive council meeting yesterday.
“While the reasons for the withdrawal of the students from school by the NUT are understandable, the collateral implications, both social and economic are raising unintended concerns and should equally be considered by the NUT.” he said
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Council reassured that the government is taking strategic steps to ensure that the issue of the kidnapping at Oriire Local Government is brought to a close soon.
During the session, Council approved the release of ₦8,768,954,000 (Eight Billion, Seven Hundred and Sixty-Eight Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Four Thousand Naira) in the first instance, for the procurement of teaching and learning materials for primary and junior secondary schools across the state. The total cost of the project is ₦23,012,000,000 (Twenty-Three Billion, Twelve Million Naira).
In accordance with UBEC Abuja, in collaboration with the World Bank, the textbooks to be purchased will be in Numeracy, Literacy, Mathematics, English Language, and Basic Science.
According to the Commissioner, “Upon the successful procurement and distribution of the approved textbooks, Oyo State becomes eligible for a reward-based disbursement of Two United States Dollars (US$2) per student per subject, in line with the project’s results-based financing arrangement.”
