College of Education, Oro Get N36.09 million from state government

Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has approved the release
of a special grant of N36.09 million to the College of
Education, Oro.

This is contained in a statement signed by the governor’s
Senior Special Assistant, Media, Dr Muideen Akorede, in
Ilorin on Saturday.
Ahmed had earlier released N87 million the fourth quarterly
subvention to the state-owned colleges of education.
The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu,
had noted that the N36m released to COE, Oro, was to assist
the school to pay its workers’ salaries.
Banu said that the state government was working with the
college management to find a permanent solution to the
salary crisis facing the institution.
He also expressed optimism that the Visitation Panel to the
collage would come up with relevant recommendations that
would assist the government in making the school financially
independent.
The state government recently set up a visitation panel to
assess the operational practices of the collage; examine the
management of its finances as well as assess the relevance
of courses offered.
The panel is headed by Prof. K. S. Adeyemi of the
Department of Economics, Kwara State University, Malete.
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