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Determined to reposition education in Ondo State, the government convoked a summit where over 2,000 stakeholders brainstormed for two days and came out with 19-point recommendations. In this interview, the state Education, Science and Technology Commissioner, Femi Agagu, speaks on what government wishes to achieve with the summit . What do you intend to achieve with the Education Summit Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, when he came into office, identified five key areas where he wants to make real change, and education happened to be one of them. So, one of the first steps he took was to set up committees to look at how to address the issues in the sectors. A key recommendation of the committee handling education was that there was need for Education Summit. The summit was to look at the functionality of our education, to look at technology growth, to look at the issue of curriculum to determine how it has been able to accommodate those things that make education functional. ...

A former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday congratulated Rotimi Akeredolu, the winner of the governorship election in Ondo State. Mr. Tinubu had been opposed to Mr. Akeredolu’s emergence as candidate of their party, APC, alleging irregularities in the party’s primaries. The former governor and his key supporters were conspicuously absent during Mr. Akeredolu’s campaign rallies. However, on Sunday, few hours after Mr. Akeredolu was declared winner by the electoral commission, INEC, Mr. Tinubu asked party members to close ranks “for the good of our party and its progressive ideals.” Read Mr. Tinubu’s full statement below: Following the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with regard to the governorship elections in Ondo State, I extend congratulations to Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN. on the outcome of the election and for his perseverance and persistence in seeking that office. I must also congratulate...