The ACN governorship candidate in Kwara State in last year\u2019s elections, Mr.Dele Belgore (SAN) has accused the state government of double standard for stopping the annual free holiday classes sponsored by him across the 16 local government areas of the state.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the directive issued by the State Ministry of Education to school principals\u00a0 to disallow the holiday lesson classes, Belogore described the government\u2019s action as harsh and one that \u2018smacks of cheap politics.\u2019<\/p>\n
He wondered why government stopped his own initiative for no reason while it allowed that of the immediate past governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, to continue to run.<\/p>\n
MDB Solidarity Team, the group supervising the initiative, had earlier secured written permission of the various schools chosen for the lessons.<\/p>\n
In a statement in Ilorin, Belgore\u2019s media aide, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaye, accused the education ministry of succumbing to \u201cintense pressure from the PDP\u201d on the issue.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cOfficials from the state Ministry of Education and SUBEB went round some of the schools to stop the lessons. The officials said they were acting on the orders of the Commissioner for education who, in turn, has directed the principals to stop the extra lessons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lesson, in its second year, commenced last Monday, August 6, following the long school break across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs at Thursday, the state government had stopped the lessons in St. John\u2019s Primary School, Maraba (Ilorin East); St. Barnabas Primary Schoo,\u00a0 Sabo-Oke (Ilorin East); Adabiya Primary School, Abata Baba Oyo in Ilorn West and United Community Secondary School, in IIorin South. No reason was given for the directive.\u201d<\/p>\n
He accused the government of double standard since it did not stop a similar\u00a0 initiative by Senator Bukola Saraki a few months ago when he floated\u00a0 extra coaching for students writing the UTME in Ilorin.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, public schools (Ansarul Islam Primary School, Okekere; Banni Secodary School; Pakata Primary School, Ilorin) were used for the UTME thing and the\u00a0 government didn\u2019t stop it. We agree there\u2019s no reason to have stopped such initiative which, like the one Belgore, SAN, is organising, was an effort to mould better Kwarans,\u201d Ajakaye said.
\n\u201cIt is cheap politics, the sort we are preaching against, to stop this wonderful (education) initiative which, to our mind, is the best way to empower the people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The subjects taught under the Belgore initiative are Mathematics, English Language, Chemistry, Physics, Account, Economics, Commerce, Agricultural Science, Yoruba, Computer, Government, Literature in English, Biology, Basic Science, Business Studies,\u00a0 Social Studies and\u00a0 Yoruba<\/p>\n
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