MURIC QUIT NOTICE: Oyo Governor, Makinde, denies returning schools to missionaries
The Oyo State Government has disclosed that there is no plan to return some schools to missionaries or individuals.
The State’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Abdulrahman AbduRaheem, disclosed this in a statement recently, precisely on Sunday August 7, 2022, in Ibadan.
AbdulRaheem was reacting to insinuations that the Oyo government indicated its readiness “to return schools to their original owners.”
Makinde’s denial followed a kick by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), which gave him a quit notice from the Government House with effect from the end of this ongoing first term of his, for daring to want to return public schools funded by money of the people of the schools to missionaries.
According to the Education Commissioner, recently, Governor Seyi Makinde spoke about ownership of schools at the Loyola College during the commissioning of a Hall named after the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.
He said, “At that event, Gov. Makinde only advised members of the Old Students Association to direct their request to the Ministry of Education for necessary engagement.
“He didn’t give any directive on the return of the school or any school whatsoever.
“It’s true that the state government has developed a proof of agreement with the Incorporated Trustees of Government College Old Boys Association.
“But that doesn’t in any way amount to a blanket return of all schools to their original owners.
“While the state government will not shy away from productive partnership with stakeholders in the education sector to support its policy of free and qualitative education, government will not take any step capable of upsetting the cord of alliance already existing in a highly treasured sector like education.”
