N70bn required to overhaul Oyo education sector – Makinde 

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state weekend said about N60 to N70 billion is required to overhaul the infrastructure in the Oyo state education sector.

The governor stated this in Ibadan at the commissioning of several projects facilitated by the old students of different sets of Government College, Ibadan. 

He said government alone cannot solve all challenges in the education sector and well-meaning individuals, old students associations and others should team up with government.

Governor Makinde appreciated the old students of Government College, Ibadan and declared that Oyo state government will continue to support them to lift the standard of education and  restore the old glory of the school.

“Let me first of all use this opportunity to appreciate the Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association. Since I came in four years ago, we’ve worked together to lift the standard of education in Oyo state and to restore the old glory of the Government College Ibadan,” he said. 

Governor Makinde added, “I have been coming here on a yearly basis to commission projects. So, I will call on other old students, you know some of these things that they are doing and I said to them, they are not for them and perhaps not even for their children but they are concerned about the coming generations.”

He stated that most of the projects executed by the GCIOBA are not for the benefit of their children or immediate family but for the next generations of those who will attend the school.