Biodun Esan, Ilorin
Kwara State has approved the release of the sum of N120 million as a bailout to its four tertiary Institutions.
Dr Alabi Afees Abolore, Commissioner for Tertiary Education who disclosed this in Ilorin said the benefitting institutions are the Kwara State Colleges of Education in Ilorin, Lafiagi and Oro, as well as the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies in Ilorin.
Abolore said it became imperative for the government to come to their rescue to enable them to fulfill certain obligations to their staff, adding this is not the first of its kind from this administration in the state.
He said Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq has been doing all this to encourage a smooth running of the institutions and to achieve a stable academic calendar across the board.
“We will all recall that several similar interventions of this nature have been witnessed by our Tertiary Institutions since the inception of the current administration led by His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq,” he said.
He urged the managements of the institutions to utilize the funds for their original purpose, even as he charged them to be committed to the policy direction of government in the sector.
The Commissioner expressed government’s readiness to continue to spur an improved teaching and learning.
He called on the school authorities to complement this by upgrading their teaching methodology towards enhancing the quality of graduates they produce.
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