Ekiti to focus on education, agric

We’ve lost our place in education, agric – Fayemi

by Sodiq Oyeleke ⁠

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi laments the state has lost its number one position in education and agriculture.

Fayemi said this at a Business Luncheon organised by the Academics for Entreprenuer Studies in Lagos on Thursday.

Speaking on the theme, ‘Ekiti State: Investment Opportunities and Challenges,’ he said his administration was putting in place measures to restore the lost value.

The governor said, “We have lost our pride of place in education and agriculture. We were known to be educated and blessed with abundance of resources, but not now. This administration is doing everything possible to bring back the lost glory. My responsibility is to create value and standard for the state and not to fault those who have caused the challenges.

“We should live to the appelation of ensuring standard instead of turning education down. We are trying to work on it. We have also focused our agenda on agriculture, since we know that 70 per cent of our population are on the farm but in a sustenance economy. We want them to go commercial.”

He added that part of the measures to enhance quality education in the state was to organise an examination for the teachers to test their proficiency, but wondered why the teachers had refused to take the examination.

“Imagine teachers are afraid to take the examination of Junior Secondary School Three, which they teach. This is why we are disagreeing, because I’m afraid that the future of the children will be jeopardised,” he said.

According to him, the state is making plans to build a local airport to boost business.

He added,”We are aware that there are lots of International airports in the country, we are planing to build a local airport to facilitate that development of local businesses in our state.”

"...We are planning to plant agricultural plantation for cocoa, cassava, yam rice and so many others, having fully known that our state is one of the major supplier of agricultural products..."

President of the AES Excellence Club, Dr. Ausbeth Ajagu, advised that states should devote their plans to the development of local industries by purchasing locally produced goods.

“Patronage of locally made equipment and facilities will help to grow industries and enhance development as it will equally provide job for the youth,” he said.

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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner