Polytechnic Students Praise Aregbesola’s Huge Investment In Education

—-Say Osun Education Policy One Of The Best In The World

The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has commended the administration of the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola for investing greatly in the education sector.

The Association also described Osun education policy as one of the best in the world going by the various successes it has recorded in almost seven years of its introduction in the state.

The Regional President, West African Polytechnic Students Union, (WAPSU), Ambassador Salawudeen Lukman stated this during the Official Investiture as Grand Patron and Presentation of National Outstanding Leadership Award to the governor by the Executive Council Members of the Association at the Government House, Osogbo.

The award, according to the association, was bestowed on Aregbesola as an icon of hope in public service and in recognition of his commitment to good governance and passion for youth in technical and vocational education development as well as his great efforts in nation building.

Ambassador Lukman commended Aregbesola for investing greatly in the education sector, saying the association was aware of the successes which his administration had recorded in the last seven years.

He said Osun under Aregbesola’s watch had surpassed the expectations of the world towards the institutionalization of good governance, saying Osun government remains one of the few states in Nigeria where education has been given the required attention.

According to him, “Since your emergence as the Governor of Osun, you have given us due honour to prove to us that truly you are a product of a good polytechnic education.

“We deemed it fit to present you this award based on your achievements and your pragmatic leadership style. You remained one of the few Governors in the federation who have invested so much in the future generation.

“Your outstanding performance had showcased to the world that products of polytechnics are not only competent to govern but are ambassadors of good governance.

“It is only in Osun that the first ever tablet of knowledge popularly called “Opon-Imo” was invented and has become a model for others in the education sector. We understand the fact that your administration’s social protection programmes which brought school feeding programme (O’MEALS) are initiatives that had never been beaten anywhere.

“It is not an overstatement to say that the world has seen your exemplary performance in turning around Osun and therefore you can change the nation if given the chance.

“We have also conferred on you the grand patron of Nigerian Association of Polytechnic Students. You have delivered, you have performed, and you have made us proud in such a way that the entire world could testify to your legacies in all areas”.

In his remarks, the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, expressed profound gratitude to NAPS leadership for the extreme recognition given to his personality, saying “this will further encourage my step to strengthening democracy and good governance”.

He promised not to relent in his efforts at redeeming lost education’s glory by sustaining the policies that will magnify free basic education on which his administration had invested largely since assumption of office.

The governor assured that his administration’s support towards the elimination of the dichotomy between the university and polytechnic graduates, stating that his government is ready to support any cause that will give due recognition to polytechnic education.