NAN – Abiola
Ajimobi, governor of Oyo state, has requested for a letter of apology
from schools whose pupils took part in a protest against government’s
proposed education initiative — else their schools will remain locked.
Abiodun Jimoh, the chairman, National
Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, Oyo state chapter, said
this in Ibadan on Thursday, July 7, 2016 after a meeting with the
governor.
On June 6, pupils in the state went on
rampage in protest against the Oyo government’s proposed public-private
participatory management of schools.
The pupils had protested, following allegations that the state government had sold their schools.
The government dismissed the allegations, saying the initiative was participatory and aimed at boosting the education sector.
Jimoh told journalists that the
association had visited the governor to appeal to him to reopen the
schools, which were shut down by the state government over the incident.
He said the governor had expressed
displeasure over the involvement of pupils in the protested and demanded
an apology from affected institutions before schools could be reopened.
“The governor said that the heads of the schools should write letters of apology to the government,” Jimoh said.
“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.”
Jimoh also said that the association would wade into the face-off between labour and government.
He said that the governor had explained
to them the agreement reached with labour on the modalities for the
payment of salaries to workers.
Jimoh said that the Oyo governor had
also stressed the need for labour to embrace dialogue, saying his
government was predisposed to this any time.
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