As part of activities to mark his 100 days in office, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has pledged to pay over 7,000 students bursary.
This was disclosed by the Secretary to the State Government, Princess Oladunni Odu, at a news conference on Monday in Akure.
Akeredolu was sworn in for second term on February 24.
Medical and Law students will be paid N50,000, while other students will be paid N10,000 each.
The SSG noted that the step was aimed at boosting academic excellence among the benefitting students, while 1,200 primary school teachers recently recruited would be trained and inducted
Odu revealed that 720 widows would also be given N5,000 each as 40 of them would be picked from each of the 18 local governments.
Odu added that the governor would inaugurate many projects across the state to mark his 100 days in office.
She noted that although few of the projects were carried over to Akeredolu’s second term in office, many others were the ones executed in the last 100 days.
The SSG also revealed that the new Government House Lodge foundation would be laid as the current one is in deplorable condition and inhabitable.
While speaking about the reasons the free shuttle buses being used to convey secondary school students are not being seen again, the SSG revealed that the buses had broken down, and therefore were taken off the road.
“We all know that the buses were working very well but sometimes, like every machine, they break down and we are trying to fix them,” she said.
