Presidency Honours Gov. Fayose, Ekiti Students Over Outstanding Performance...See Details

Posted by Odinaka on Fri 12th May, 2017 - tori.ng

An arm of the Presidency has honoured the outspoken Ekiti state governor and some brilliant secondary school students in the state for doing the country proud at an international debate competition in Singapore.

Gov. Fayose

The President’s Schools Debate Nigeria (PSDN), yesterday, a Department in the Presidency, on Thursday, honoured Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and some brilliant secondary school students from the state, who performed exceptionally in an international debate competition in Singapore.

The Ekiti state contingent came tops in the National Junior Engineers Technologists and Scientists, JETS competition, while in NECO examinations, the state was adjudged the best in the federation.

According to coordinator of PSDN, Dare Oritu, the unique performance of Ekiti students provided the basis for the PSDN to nominate the Ekiti team to participate in the international debating championship in Singapore.

Meanwhile, Governor Fayose has advised the Federal Government to urgently put teachers in the drivers’ seat in the effort to ensure all round social development.

Fayose added that failure by the government of the day to recognise the immense contribution of teachers to nation’s development and show true love for them, would continue to constitute a clog in her wheel of progress.

Oritu, who gave Fayose the honour for the gallant students, said the students’ performance was a testimony of the high standard of education in the state.

Governor Fayose said: “We believe so much in human development Whatever you have put into the development of other sectors, for human and material development without equally developing education, is a waste of time.

“You would recall that during my first time, Ekiti was number 25 in rating in WAEC out of the 36 states but when I was leaving we rose to number seven. Today, Ekiti is number one. This shows that there is a governor who is always working hard and ensuring excellence in all aspects of governance.

“This shows that there is a governor who is always working hard and ensuring excellence in all aspects of governance. As a state of the fountain of knowledge, education is our identity and we will continue to support the teachers and students and all other things that would ensure that we maintain this first position.

“All policies of government that fails to put the teachers at the drivers’ seat is a waste of time. Our children and wards spend more time with their teachers than with their parents and guardians. The antidote for the decay in education is love for teachers‎ and I will support anything education‎,” he said.