Ajimobi demands letters of apology from schools over protest

Governor Abiola Ajimobi is not happy that pupils of some schools in Oyo state protested against his policy on education – The education policy was meant to involve private participation in schools but the pupils believe it is a ploy to privatise them 


Ajimobi says the schools remain shut until the schools whose pupils protested tender letters of apology to the government Oyo state’s Governor Abiola Ajimobi has ordered that the schools whose pupils protested against him should remain shut until they tender letters of apology. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter File photo of protesting health workers The pupils took part in a protest against a government’s proposed education initiative on June 6 with the impression that the schools had been privatised. They reportedly went on rampage in protest against the state government’s proposed public/private participatory management of schools. 

READ ALSO: So sad! How police shot three Polytechnic students The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alhaji Abiodun Jimoh, chairman of the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), Oyo state chapter, said this in Ibadan on Thursday after a meeting with the governor. But the government has denied the allegations, saying the initiative was participatory and aimed at boosting the education sector. Jimoh told newsmen that the association had visited the governor to appeal to him to re-open the schools which were shut down by the state government over the incident. Jimoh said the governor had expressed displeasure over the involvement of pupils in the protest adding that he demanded that he would re-open the schools only if the affected institutions submitted letters of apology to government over the unruly behaviour of their pupils.

 READ ALSO: Aregbesola speaks about Osun hijab crisis He said: “The governor said that the heads of the schools should write letters of apology to the government. “We have promised him that we will meet with the heads of the schools to immediately write the letter in the interest of the pupils. “We are fed up with the strike action and our children staying at home for so long. We want them back in school and for teachers to resume at their duty posts.” Promising that the association would wade into the face-off between labour and government in the state, Jimoh added that the governor had explained to his the agreement reached with labour on the modalities for the payment of salaries to workers.