Abiodun signs Education, Skills Trust Fund bill into law
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Friday signed into law the State Education and Skills Trust Fund Bill, creating a framework for sustainable funding and improved management of the state’s education and skills development sector.
Speaking with journalists after the signing ceremony at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, said the law would strengthen the delivery of quality education and improve outcomes across the state’s education system.
Elemide said the legislation was designed to make education “more meaningful, more qualitative and more constructive,” adding that it followed extensive consultations with members of the public and stakeholders.
“We are just trying to make education more meaningful, more qualitative and more constructive. It will be more encompassing; that is what the bill is all about,” he said.
The Speaker expressed optimism that the full implementation of the law would further strengthen Ogun’s education sector and sustain the state’s position as a leading education destination in the country.
He, however, stressed the need for greater private-sector participation, noting that the huge resources required to effectively fund education could not be provided by government alone.
“The private people too need to contribute. After all, they are the ones that will inherit these people after being educated,” Elemide said.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, said the Trust Fund would cover both formal and informal education, with particular emphasis on skills acquisition and vocational development.
