Engineer Oluseyi Makinde was sworn in as the new governor of
Oyo State on Wednesday 29th May 2019.
Makinde took his oath of office at exactly 12.21pm,
immediately after his deputy, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan (NAN). The Chief Justice
of Oyo state, Justice Muktar Abimbola, administered the Oath.
In his inaugural speech, Makinde promised to donate his
entire salary as governor to the state Teachers’ Pension Fund.
He noted that attaining quality education is not possible
without quality teachers and that quality enrollment and benefit attract
quality teachers.
“We are not ignorant of the plight of our dear teachers,” he
stated.
He also abolished payment of N3,000 school fees in the
state-owned secondary schools, saying the gesture is aimed at encouraging
children on the streets back to classrooms.
He promised to provide the needed infrastructure and manpower
by increasing the state education budget to 10 percent of the total budget.
“Recently the Federal Government announced a new national
minimum wage in which the lowest cadre of civil servants is expected to earn at
least N30,000.
“With the way the Oyo State account currently stands, I will
be deceiving you if I say we are capable of taking on this burden,” he said.
He, however, said that his administration would hold sincere dialogue with labour unions to arrive at the best possible decision in the overall interest of workers in the state.
He, however, said that his administration would hold sincere dialogue with labour unions to arrive at the best possible decision in the overall interest of workers in the state.
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