Ogun State Government has debunked a media report that the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun abandoned and allowed the 27 model schools built by the immediate past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun to rot away.
In a statement, yesterday, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, while reacting to the report, said that the claims that the schools were neglected by the incumbent governor were not only untrue but also misleading.
The statement reads in part: “In 2012, Ogun State government under Ibikunle Amosun announced the commencement of 26 model schools to be built across 20 local councils for N27 billion. The flag-off for the construction began with the foundation laying ceremony of Ogun State Model Secondary School, Ilaro. This was done by former Governor Amosun during an occasion to mark his first anniversary as governor.
“Each of the schools cost tax-payers between N1.05 billion and N2 billion respectively. That humongous money used to construct these white elephant model schools should have been used to renovate dilapidated schools across the state, which were foisted on us when we came in.” “Amosun’s administration claimed that the concept was meant to provide 26 model schools in each of the state constituencies and that the school projects would be completed by 2013. But two out the 15 projects were sited in one local council, while there are no projects in about six local councils, contrary to the original plan.
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