World Teachers Day: Ogun gifts teachers, administrators cash, house

As part of activities marking the 2022 World Teachers Day, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has rewarded teachers, school administrators and schools that have excelled in academics with houses and cash gifts.

 Abiodun also offered employment to the wife of late Mr Sunday Ogunjimi, a teacher in Odeda Local Government Area who slumped and died while attending a welfare meeting involving members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in the state.

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Tajudeen Odufeso from Isara Secondary School, Isara Remo, got a two-bedroom bungalow as the Best Teacher in Public Senior Secondary Schools.

 Adelana Owolabi with Ijebu Muslim College (Junior) and Orebanjo Olusesan with Early Education Centre, Ijebu-Igbo got N2m and N1.5m, respectively, for emerging as the best teachers in Public Junior Secondary School and Public Primary School categories.

Mr Fagbamila Olatunbosun Okeneye with Omo Edumare Model Nursery and Primary School, Ago-Iwoye got N1m as the Best Administrator in the Public Primary School category.

 In the school category, Remo Divisional High School (Senior), Sagamu and St. Michael’s African Church School 1, Ota, won Best Public Secondary School (Senior) and Best Public Primary School, respectively.  

 Speaking at the event with the theme, “The Transformation of Education Begins with Teachers”, Abiodun described teachers as career moulders, mentors and national builders who sacrifice their all to produce diverse professionals for the nation.

 The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, in his welcome address, said the theme of the celebration was in tandem with the administration’s agenda to reposition the education sector for effectiveness and efficiency, adding that the state government was glad to identify with the teachers in celebrating their day.