Almajiri schools: Osun govt debunks insinuations of non-compliance

THE Osun State government has debunked insinuations that the state did not comply with the policy directives of the Federal Government on the establishment of Almajiri schools in designated states of the federation.A national newspaper had, at the weekend, quoted the Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, as saying that Osun State had defaulted on the Federal Government's policy directives guiding the establishment of Almajiri schools.However, in a press release signed by Tope Ademakinwa, the Chief Press Secretary to the Osun State deputy governor, which was made available to the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, the Osun State government denied the allegation.The release said contrary to the assertion of the Minister of State for Education, the state had complied with the policy directives.The release added that, not only had the site for the school in the state been approved by the state government and formally communicated to the Universal Basic Education Comission's (UBEC) office in Abuja, the contractor of the site, Subbanchi Nigeria Limited was named by UBEC Abuja, to execute the construction.To clear all doubts, the release also added that Governor Rauf Aregbesola haD approved Zumuratul Mumina Al-Adabiya Arabic School, Osogbo, to be the site for the location of UBEC 2012 Almajri model school project.
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