Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun has commissioned 12 blocks of 37 Classrooms at Asoro Grammar School, the rebuilt Annunciation Catholic College, Irrua and the Isua-Uzenema Road in Esan East Local Government Area of Edo state saying the All Progressives Congress is the only party that can take Nigeria out of the shackles of poverty.
Speaking on Friday at the commissioning of the Asoro Grammar School in Benin City, being part of ceremonies to celebrate the 6th Anniversary of the Government of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Ogbeni Aregbesola said a responsible government will always do its everything in its power to give the citizens the best,
“A responsible government will always struggle to ensure that all citizens have access to the best. I come to let you know that the greatest legacy you can have from your parents and from any responsible government is education.
He said, “APC is the only party that can take Nigeria out of the shackles of poverty. As a matter of fact, the only visible programme that the PDP does is development of poverty. Don’t call them Peoples Democratic Party, call them Poverty Development party.
“The difference between APC and PDP is that the PDP pockets our money to develop poverty, but we in APC spread our wealth to develop the people, to make them happy and wealthy. Wealth does not come through laziness but through hardwork”, he said.
“Education is not just how to speak English, fraudulent people also speak good English. It is not to speak good English but to communicate your idea well. If you are not deaf and dumb, you should have the capacity for good communication. But it is not the end of it. Education is the ability to live a decent life independently.
“That is what the APC government under the leadership of Adams Oshiomhole is striving to give you. I am therefore advising you do not let this opportunity slip by. This is your gold, your diamond and your platinum with you can be anywhere in the world. With sound education you have no barrier.
“With sound education you can be president of the world. Governorship should not be aspiration, Presidency should be your aspiration and by the grace of God; you will be the president of the world. I am happy that Governor Oshiomhole is doing what he is doing here.
“It is not only in education that he is doing wonders. He is building channels to drain storm water such that our houses will not be flooded and our lives will not be miserable. He is tarring roads and above all he is investing in our future. And the meaning of that is when you grow old, you will not be a problem to the society”, he said.
The Governor said “A badly trained child is a terror on the society, armed robbers, miscreants and vagabonds do not come from heaven, they are nurtured by men through negligence.
He advised the people to protect the high investment made in education by the government against vandals.
In his remarks Governor Adams Oshiomhole said in 2008 when he assumed office Asoro Grammar School, like several other ones had classrooms without roofs, pot holes inside classrooms, adding that Edo children cannot be taught under inhuman conditions.
Oshiohole said “I say that we cannot have a future when our children learn under dehumanizing conditions. When we ask our children to show love to our country, the country must be seen to have shown love to the children. If children are educated and brought up under inhuman condition, they grow up angry and bitter against society.
“I believe that we of the All Progressives Congress recognize that the foundation for equality, fairness and justice is that the young ones must not be exposed to such rigid device such that the children of the rich study in comfortable private schools and the children of the poor are dumped in environment that look like old fashioned pig house.
“When a child grows up feeling inferior on account of the circumstances of the parents, he suffers from that complex almost through his life. In order to ensure that nobody has excuse of not sending their children to school we have eliminated all forms of charges that PDP had imposed on our children in the public schools in the past. That vision and commitment is what informed the policy of school transformation in the state”, he said.
Oshiomhole said: “This afternoon, I feel fulfilled that we have come not to lament how the previous PDP government underdeveloped the state, we have come in our commitment that our lot is not to lament the failure of yesterday but to be inspired by the opportunity of today and the promise of tomorrow. This school is an eloquent statement of that commitment”.
In a welcome address, the Commissioner for Higher Education, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Florence Idahor traced the history of the state transformation agenda in the education sector.
She said before the administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole, education in the state was in shambles, stressing that students and pupils learnt environment that were not conducive.
The Asoro Grammar school is made up of fourteen blocks of 37 classrooms, staff offices, principal block and a borehole.
