Ogun State Earmarks N70m For School Rehabilitation

Ogun state has earmarked the sum of 70million naira for the rehabilitation of public primary schools in the the year 2017.

The statement was made by the Chairman,  Ogun Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) during the presentation of the budget proposal to the Finance and Appropriation committee of the state's House of Assembly in Abeokuta.

Olatunde Okeowo disclosed that the amount would cover any occurrence of natural disaster in the public primary schools across the three senatorial districts of the state. According to him, the sum of N260.5 million would be used for the provision of consumable and non-consumable instructional materials, retraining of teachers and conduct of unified examination for primary schools. He further clarified that N1.5billion is for capital expenditure, while N580 million is budgeted for recurrent expenditure.