FG'S SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: States can't contribute funds - Gov Fayose
FG'S SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: States can't contribute funds - Gov Fayose
...Nigeria running a deceptive educational system, says Oshiomhole
Ahead of the formal launch of the Federal Government’s Free School Feeding Programme, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has declared that states of the federation cannot meet the counterpart funds demanded from them.
He said that the finances of the states were so bad that they cannot afford a whopping 40 percent fund the Federal Government expects to sacrifice for the scheme.
The governor argued that since the programme was a pet project of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration should solely go ahead with it.
In a statement issued on Sunday through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said that Ekiti State and other states in the country deserve to benefit from the programme without assisting the Federal Government with any 40 percent counterpart funding.
Governor Fayose, who expressed shock that the Federal Government was demanding contributions from the states for the feeding scheme, stated that it is a ploy to find an excuse for the impending failure of the programme.
The governor, who said the school feeding programme was purely a contract between the APC-led Federal Government and Nigerians, asked: “Were the states consulted before the APC made the promise during the presidential campaign? How can you make a promise and win election on the basis of that promise and now expect states to help you to fulfil the promise? That, to me is fraud!”
Fayose asked the Federal Government to rather blame itself for failing to do a proper study on the practicability of the scheme before promising Nigerians instead of looking for whom to hold responsible for not fulfilling the school feeding promise.
He continued: “Apart from the fact that Ekiti State lacks the financial wherewithal to provide counterpart funds for such a programme, it is the duty of President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC that won election on the basis of their promise to give free meals to school pupils to fulfil the promise without placing any burden on other tiers of government.”
“Nigerians should come to terms with the reality that the Federal Government is already looking for an alibi for the impending failure of the school feeding programme.
“The Federal Government knows that 80 percent of the states lack the financial strength to contribute the 40 percent counterpart fund for the programme and when the programme eventually fails, Nigerians will be told that it failed because the states did not key into it.
“As for us in Ekiti, we are interested in the programme because Nigeria belongs to all of us. But we won’t contribute any counterpart fund because the programme is solely an electoral promise of the APC and we were never consulted before the promise was made.
“We don’t even have the capability to make any financial contribution even if it is 10 percent because our financial condition is such that we can’t even pay workers’ salaries,” Governor Fayose said.
And to his Edo State counterpart, Adams Oshiomhole, Nigeria’s educational system is deceptive and designed against the interest of the poor.
Oshiomhole therefore called for the urgent review of the nation’s educational policy, especially at the tertiary level through the subsidisation of tuition to favour indigent students.
Speaking at the maiden matriculation of the students of the Edo University, Iyamho at the weekend, Oshiomhole stressed the need for indigent students to be encouraged to acquire quality university education.
He said that parents of the rich should be made to pay for quality university education for their children while the Federal Government gives subvention to children of the poor to benefit from standard education.
In his appraisal of the Nigeria’s educational system, Governor Oshiomhole said the system which seems to have collapsed, must be funded by governments at all levels to produce world class students.
The governor added that scholarships should be encouraged for those who have no access to quality education.
According to him, “Nigeria must engage in a serious national conversation on the appropriate educational policy with particular reference to higher education.
“Right now, Nigeria is running a system which is highly deceptive and is not sustainable; a system that I like to describe as a generalised system of suffering; a system that subsidises the children of the rich just as they subsidise the children of the poor. For God’s sake, Why should my dear friends who work in the oil sector’s children go to the university and enjoy subsidy when they can afford to pay $20,000 or $30,000 for their children in Canada or in the United Kingdom (UK) or in the United States (US)? But if they are here in Nigerian universities, they pay N40,000 or N50,000, and we know that is not sustainable,” he said.
Earlier, the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor praised Governor Oshiomhole for establishing the school and his contributions to Nigeria’s development.
Aluyor said the university, which has been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to run degree programmes in Arts, Social Sciences and Management Sciences, commenced academic activities in April 2016 with the admission of 500 students.
He said the first session of the university will end on November 18, 2016 while a new 2016/2017 academic session is expected to start with the admission of new students in November 2016.
Ninety-one students took their matriculation oath at the ceremony which was attended by dignitaries including the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Cromwell Idahosa, members of the State Executive Council, royal fathers from Edo North, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri and gubernatorial aspirant of the APC, Maj.-Gen Charles Airhiavbere.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
FG' SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME :STATES CAN'T CONTRIBUTE FUNDS -GOV FAYOSE
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FG'S SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: States can't contribute funds - Gov Fayose
FG'S SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: States can't contribute funds - Gov Fayose
...Nigeria running a deceptive educational system, says Oshiomhole
Ahead of the formal launch of the Federal Government’s Free School Feeding Programme, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has declared that states of the federation cannot meet the counterpart funds demanded from them.
He said that the finances of the states were so bad that they cannot afford a whopping 40 percent fund the Federal Government expects to sacrifice for the scheme.
The governor argued that since the programme was a pet project of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration should solely go ahead with it.
In a statement issued on Sunday through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said that Ekiti State and other states in the country deserve to benefit from the programme without assisting the Federal Government with any 40 percent counterpart funding.
Governor Fayose, who expressed shock that the Federal Government was demanding contributions from the states for the feeding scheme, stated that it is a ploy to find an excuse for the impending failure of the programme.
The governor, who said the school feeding programme was purely a contract between the APC-led Federal Government and Nigerians, asked: “Were the states consulted before the APC made the promise during the presidential campaign? How can you make a promise and win election on the basis of that promise and now expect states to help you to fulfil the promise? That, to me is fraud!”
Fayose asked the Federal Government to rather blame itself for failing to do a proper study on the practicability of the scheme before promising Nigerians instead of looking for whom to hold responsible for not fulfilling the school feeding promise.
He continued: “Apart from the fact that Ekiti State lacks the financial wherewithal to provide counterpart funds for such a programme, it is the duty of President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC that won election on the basis of their promise to give free meals to school pupils to fulfil the promise without placing any burden on other tiers of government.”
“Nigerians should come to terms with the reality that the Federal Government is already looking for an alibi for the impending failure of the school feeding programme.
“The Federal Government knows that 80 percent of the states lack the financial strength to contribute the 40 percent counterpart fund for the programme and when the programme eventually fails, Nigerians will be told that it failed because the states did not key into it.
“As for us in Ekiti, we are interested in the programme because Nigeria belongs to all of us. But we won’t contribute any counterpart fund because the programme is solely an electoral promise of the APC and we were never consulted before the promise was made.
“We don’t even have the capability to make any financial contribution even if it is 10 percent because our financial condition is such that we can’t even pay workers’ salaries,” Governor Fayose said.
And to his Edo State counterpart, Adams Oshiomhole, Nigeria’s educational system is deceptive and designed against the interest of the poor.
Oshiomhole therefore called for the urgent review of the nation’s educational policy, especially at the tertiary level through the subsidisation of tuition to favour indigent students.
Speaking at the maiden matriculation of the students of the Edo University, Iyamho at the weekend, Oshiomhole stressed the need for indigent students to be encouraged to acquire quality university education.
He said that parents of the rich should be made to pay for quality university education for their children while the Federal Government gives subvention to children of the poor to benefit from standard education.
In his appraisal of the Nigeria’s educational system, Governor Oshiomhole said the system which seems to have collapsed, must be funded by governments at all levels to produce world class students.
The governor added that scholarships should be encouraged for those who have no access to quality education.
According to him, “Nigeria must engage in a serious national conversation on the appropriate educational policy with particular reference to higher education.
“Right now, Nigeria is running a system which is highly deceptive and is not sustainable; a system that I like to describe as a generalised system of suffering; a system that subsidises the children of the rich just as they subsidise the children of the poor. For God’s sake, Why should my dear friends who work in the oil sector’s children go to the university and enjoy subsidy when they can afford to pay $20,000 or $30,000 for their children in Canada or in the United Kingdom (UK) or in the United States (US)? But if they are here in Nigerian universities, they pay N40,000 or N50,000, and we know that is not sustainable,” he said.
Earlier, the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor praised Governor Oshiomhole for establishing the school and his contributions to Nigeria’s development.
Aluyor said the university, which has been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to run degree programmes in Arts, Social Sciences and Management Sciences, commenced academic activities in April 2016 with the admission of 500 students.
He said the first session of the university will end on November 18, 2016 while a new 2016/2017 academic session is expected to start with the admission of new students in November 2016.
Ninety-one students took their matriculation oath at the ceremony which was attended by dignitaries including the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Cromwell Idahosa, members of the State Executive Council, royal fathers from Edo North, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri and gubernatorial aspirant of the APC, Maj.-Gen Charles Airhiavbere.
FG'S SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: States can't contribute funds - Gov Fayose
FG'S SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: States can't contribute funds - Gov Fayose
...Nigeria running a deceptive educational system, says Oshiomhole
Ahead of the formal launch of the Federal Government’s Free School Feeding Programme, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has declared that states of the federation cannot meet the counterpart funds demanded from them.
He said that the finances of the states were so bad that they cannot afford a whopping 40 percent fund the Federal Government expects to sacrifice for the scheme.
The governor argued that since the programme was a pet project of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration should solely go ahead with it.
In a statement issued on Sunday through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said that Ekiti State and other states in the country deserve to benefit from the programme without assisting the Federal Government with any 40 percent counterpart funding.
Governor Fayose, who expressed shock that the Federal Government was demanding contributions from the states for the feeding scheme, stated that it is a ploy to find an excuse for the impending failure of the programme.
The governor, who said the school feeding programme was purely a contract between the APC-led Federal Government and Nigerians, asked: “Were the states consulted before the APC made the promise during the presidential campaign? How can you make a promise and win election on the basis of that promise and now expect states to help you to fulfil the promise? That, to me is fraud!”
Fayose asked the Federal Government to rather blame itself for failing to do a proper study on the practicability of the scheme before promising Nigerians instead of looking for whom to hold responsible for not fulfilling the school feeding promise.
He continued: “Apart from the fact that Ekiti State lacks the financial wherewithal to provide counterpart funds for such a programme, it is the duty of President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC that won election on the basis of their promise to give free meals to school pupils to fulfil the promise without placing any burden on other tiers of government.”
“Nigerians should come to terms with the reality that the Federal Government is already looking for an alibi for the impending failure of the school feeding programme.
“The Federal Government knows that 80 percent of the states lack the financial strength to contribute the 40 percent counterpart fund for the programme and when the programme eventually fails, Nigerians will be told that it failed because the states did not key into it.
“As for us in Ekiti, we are interested in the programme because Nigeria belongs to all of us. But we won’t contribute any counterpart fund because the programme is solely an electoral promise of the APC and we were never consulted before the promise was made.
“We don’t even have the capability to make any financial contribution even if it is 10 percent because our financial condition is such that we can’t even pay workers’ salaries,” Governor Fayose said.
And to his Edo State counterpart, Adams Oshiomhole, Nigeria’s educational system is deceptive and designed against the interest of the poor.
Oshiomhole therefore called for the urgent review of the nation’s educational policy, especially at the tertiary level through the subsidisation of tuition to favour indigent students.
Speaking at the maiden matriculation of the students of the Edo University, Iyamho at the weekend, Oshiomhole stressed the need for indigent students to be encouraged to acquire quality university education.
He said that parents of the rich should be made to pay for quality university education for their children while the Federal Government gives subvention to children of the poor to benefit from standard education.
In his appraisal of the Nigeria’s educational system, Governor Oshiomhole said the system which seems to have collapsed, must be funded by governments at all levels to produce world class students.
The governor added that scholarships should be encouraged for those who have no access to quality education.
According to him, “Nigeria must engage in a serious national conversation on the appropriate educational policy with particular reference to higher education.
“Right now, Nigeria is running a system which is highly deceptive and is not sustainable; a system that I like to describe as a generalised system of suffering; a system that subsidises the children of the rich just as they subsidise the children of the poor. For God’s sake, Why should my dear friends who work in the oil sector’s children go to the university and enjoy subsidy when they can afford to pay $20,000 or $30,000 for their children in Canada or in the United Kingdom (UK) or in the United States (US)? But if they are here in Nigerian universities, they pay N40,000 or N50,000, and we know that is not sustainable,” he said.
Earlier, the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor praised Governor Oshiomhole for establishing the school and his contributions to Nigeria’s development.
Aluyor said the university, which has been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to run degree programmes in Arts, Social Sciences and Management Sciences, commenced academic activities in April 2016 with the admission of 500 students.
He said the first session of the university will end on November 18, 2016 while a new 2016/2017 academic session is expected to start with the admission of new students in November 2016.
Ninety-one students took their matriculation oath at the ceremony which was attended by dignitaries including the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Cromwell Idahosa, members of the State Executive Council, royal fathers from Edo North, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri and gubernatorial aspirant of the APC, Maj.-Gen Charles Airhiavbere.
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