The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the request of Governor Seyi Makinde to access the 2020 Federal Government UBEC/SUBEB intervention fund.

The Governor said the fund was required to enable his administration to embark on aggressive construction of classrooms and provision of School furniture with standard facilities to enhance and improve teaching and learning activities in both Primary and Secondary Schools in the State.

The Federal and the Oyo State Government are expected to contribute an equal amount of one billion, five hundred and ten million, six hundred and sixty-four thousand, six hundred and seventy-four naira, twenty-six kobo to the fund.

The approval was a sequel to a letter of request forwarded to the Oyo State House of Assembly by Governor Seyi Makinde and read at the plenary by the Speaker, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin.

Correspondent Kunle Ojo reports that some of the lawmakers in their contributions hinted that in some Schools visited during the oversight functions, some students were seen sitting on the bare floor without chairs and tables to sit.

Others said the decision to access the grant was a welcome development adding that it was praiseworthy that the State Government had resolved not to miss the opportunity provided by the Federal Government UBEC/SUBEB intervention fund.

The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin said the condition of most primary and secondary schools in the state was worrisome hence the intervention fund to be accessed by  Governor Seyi Makinde will go a long way in addressing infrastructural decay in our schools. 

According to the Speaker, the House Committee on Education will embark on comprehensive oversight functions to ensure that the intervention fund is effectively and judiciously utilized.