- Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state has commenced the payment of N10,000 cash award to 100,000 indigent primary and secondary school students in the state
- The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, said the indigent students were carefully selected by their teachers and principals
- Arigbabu said the government decided to pay through parents as the children do not have bank accounts due to their age
Ogun state, Abeokuta - The Ogun state-led government of Governor Dapo Abiodun has commenced the payment of N10,000 cash award to 100,000 indigent primary and secondary school students in the state.
The cash award is given to students in over 2, 000 public schools across the four divisions of the Gateway State.
This was contained in a statement posted on the state X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @OGSG_Official, on Wednesday, March 13.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, said the cash award is Governor Abiodun’s strategy to provide succour to parents amid economic hardship in the country.
Explaining how the students were selected, Arigbabu said the teachers and principals were given the burden of finding the indigent students as they are the closest to them.
"In view of the economic realities in the country, the governor decided to provide succour to the people of the state using multiplicity approaches to achieve this.
"He believes that another strategy that could be used which has never been used by any government before is the health and education sectors to reach the populace. Through the education sector, you can truly reach out to those who need the palliative.
"We have over 2, 000 primary and secondary schools in all the four divisions of the state, and 100,000 learners in these schools would receive N10,00 each."
