A day after the landmark commissioning of 100 units of Handheld Ultrasound Scanners, four units of 3D Colour Doppler Scan machines and splashed N370 million welfare scheme on women empowerment, the Governor Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, added another feat in the chain of welfare programmes on Friday as he launched 30 new civilian buses for students of public schools in the state.
Tagged: “Omoluabi Scholar Bus,” the newly purchased civilian buses are meant to convey students from their respective homes to schools and back every school day.
Aregbesola said if the government’s quest for enduring socio-economic progress is to be achieved, government’s commitment to education and the future of the children cannot be superficial.
The governor said his administration embarked on this laudable programme because it was dangerous to play politics with the education of children.
He said that the realisation of the importance of education and development of human capacity building prompted his government to create the best possible environment for the development of their total person.
He described the provision of buses for transporting the students as another proof of government’s focused attention to education.
Aregbesola said: “The buses we are rolling out today for the use of our High School students are another solid proofs of the importance and undivided attention our government genuinely accords education.
“With the O’Scholar Buses, the culture of punctuality will be further deepened in our students.
“They will be encouraged to get ready in time for the bus and in so doing get to school on time.
“And while on the bus to or from school, or travelling to and from school events, they will have the time to further bond together, reflect on their works and exchange useful ideas.
“One of the unique characteristics of our administration’s programmes is that they ensure the empowerment of the people.
“This explains why no single household in all of the state is without positive testimonies of the impacts of our programmes on them.”
Aregbesola added that the buses will provide comfort and ease for students and parents and create employment for those who will be driving them.
In her remark, the Deputy Governor, who is also the Commissioner for Education, Grace Titi Laoye-Tomorri, noted that the provision of the buses is another demonstration of government’s commitment to providing quality and qualitative education for the children.
Laoye-Tomori charged the students to make the best use of the buses and maximise the opportunities the buses afford them.
The Managing Director of Sterling Bank Plc, represented by Ademola Adeyemi, the Regional Business Executive for South West (2), said the bank finds it profitable to partner government in providing the buses.
Adeyemi noted that Sterling Bank will continue to partner with government in realising its noble programmes.
He enjoined all the stakeholders to make judicious use of the scholar buses to benefit of all.
One of the beneficiaries, a student of St. Mark Anglican School, Osogbo, Oluwakemi Olatunji, commended the governor for making education one of his administration’s top priorities.
Olatunji said Aregbesola’s government has made a lot of impacts such as provision of Opon Imo, free school feeding, free uniforms, building of ultra-modern school buildings as well as construction of roads.
She implored the people of the state to vote wisely by returning Aregbesola to continue his laudable programmes in the state.
In another development, Aregbesola has commissioned the L.A Elementary School, Obada, Ede amidst pump and fanfare as parents, guardians and students thronged the venue in their thousands.
The elated parents defied the heavy rain to witness the epoch-making commissioning event of the new school which has the capacity to accommodate 1,000 pupils with 25 classrooms, one large exam hall, 16 toilets, one audio visual room, recreation facilities among others.
Addressing the gathering, Aregbesola described the commissioning as a celebration of good things to come to the state in the education sector.
He expressed happiness that God has used his administration to impact positively in the state education sector despite not being the first governor of the state.
He described the rebuilding of public school buildings in the state as a vision from God.
The governor noted that parents and kids alike in the state should be rest assured of a positive future because the present administration is determined to continue to lay a solid foundation for the generation yet unborn.
He then congratulated the people of Ede and environs, saying the new schools and more to come will serve as a catalyst for development for the people of Ede and surrounding towns.
He said: “This commissioning is capable of marking a positive turn around for education in our state and we shall continue to strive for things to get better for our children.
“I am delighted for the students that will use this facility now and those that will use it in future because we now have a very good education facility that can stand the test of time.
“I am happy that God has used our administration to achieve this despite the fact that our administration is not the first in the state.”
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