The Ogun State Government said N3.5 billion has been earmarked for the ongoing “Educash Transfer” programme of the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration.
About 100,000 indigent pupils in public primary and secondary schools, as well as 50,000 students in tertiary institutions across the country, will benefit from the exercise, noting that over 40,000 students and pupils in primary and secondary school had so far benefited from the programme.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, who stated this shortly after monitoring the cash transfer to parents of indigent students in the Remo division of the state, promised that no one would be left out.
He said, “At the end of the day, the intention is to pay almost 50,000 tertiary students. We have captured their data; we have just a little bit less than 50,000; that is over N2.5bn for the tertiary level.
“At the primary and secondary school levels, we are going to eventually pay 100,000 pupils, that is N1bn. 100,000 indigent students are targeted so that their parents will get N10,000 each. As of today, we have paid 20,000 students through their parents.
“At the tertiary level, as we speak, we have paid over 20,000 students N50,000 each.”
He assured parents who were yet to receive the money to remain calm as it would soon be their turn.
