Fayose Shades Education Minister, Says Children Of Public Office Holders Should Attend Nigerian Schools

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has advised that children of public office holders should attend schools in Nigeria.

He made the statement at Covenant University, Ota in Ogun State while witnessing the graduation ceremony of one of his sons, Ayorogbayimika Fayose

Fayose, who said all his children are products of Nigerian Universities, stated that it is wrong for the children of the minister of education to school abroad.

According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari also erred by enrolling his children in Universities abroad.

He stated that by enforcing this, Nigeria will save a lot of foreign exchange being wasted on medical and academic tourism.

The statement issued by the governor’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka read; “We talk and do. Whatever we say is what we practice. Apart from the fact that none of children attended schools abroad, I have never travelled out of the country for Medicare.

“Even though views of people like us might not be popular among the powers that be because we say the truth and act the truth, we won’t stop telling them what they do not like to hear and one of such is that the only way to improve the standard of education in the country is for children of holders of public office to experience what children of ordinary Nigerians are experiencing in schools in the country.

“During my first tenure as governor, I took my son from a private school and enrolled him in SUBEB Model Primary School in Ado Ekiti.

“Today again, I am here to witness the graduation of my son and I make bold to say here that none of my children attended tertiary institution outside Nigeria.

“That should be the spirit not a situation where someone is the minister of education in Nigeria and his children are schooling abroad. And by enforcing this too, we will be saving Nigeria a lot of foreign exchange being wasted on medical and academic tourism,” the governor said.

“Even children of President Muhammadu Buhari that they told us lived a modest life attended universities abroad. Shouldn’t President Buhari have lived by example by enrolling his children in universities in Nigeria?”

“We are after quality education and we want to maintain our position as leaders in the education sector. We are first in NECO examinations and we are among the best in WAEC and the only industry in Ekiti State is education and we can’t afford to let it depreciate.”

The governor also called on parents, corporate bodies and others to support the government in the task of improving the standard of education in the state.