BOSS, SUBEB Inspect UBE Intervention Projects In Ila/Ifedayo/Boluwaduro Federal Constituency

In line with the need to ensure that contractors handling various UBEC/SUBEB intervention programmmes in the State comply with set standards, the leadership of the Bureau of Social Services and the Osun State Universal Basic Education Board held a joint inspection of educational facilities in public schools across Ila/Ifedayo/Boluwaduro Federal Constituency.

The team was led by the Chairman of SUBEB, Hon. Ajibola Famurewa and the Director General of BOSS, Mr. Richard Tinubu.

At the NUD Primary School, Otan Ayegbaju, the team inspected the repair and renovation works carried out on 3-Blocks of classrooms which was carried out under the UBEC/ SUBEB 2018 Intervention.

The team observed that some of the suspended ceiling were already sagging and called on the contractor handling the project to return to site and make necessary corrections.

The team was also in Ila Orangun where they paid an on-the-spot-assessment on a block of 4-classrooms, 2 offices and 6 toilets at the Community Primary School, Oke Omi Funfun.

The Surveillance and Monitoring team expressed satisfaction at the quality of work done so far and urged the contractor whose workers were seen doing the terrazzo work to expedite action and complete the project in record time.

The team equally visited Community High School, Igbajo where they empathized with the community over the degree of dilapidation that has happened to the school.

Members of the community who conducted the leaderships of BOSS and SUBEB round various blocks of classrooms that were blown off by storm appealed to the State Government to come to their rescue.

Chairman of SUBEB said the State Government under the leadership of Governor Gboyega Oyetola who is passionate about the development of education would carry out necessary repairs in the school in the next round of UBEC/SUBEB intervention in the areas of renovation of classrooms, provision of water and toilet facilities.

The Ifedayo Local Government Education Authority office in Oke Ila was also visited by the team where they assured the staff of positive turnaround on the building that has been partly blown off by windstorm.

Speaking at the end of the inspection, The DG BOSS, Mr. Richard Tinubu said the exercise was necessary and in line with the oversight function of the Bureau. He lauded Governor Gboyega Oyetola for his huge investment in education, provision of infrastructural facilities as well as social intervention and empowerment noting that the importance of supervision cannot be overemphasized as this would enable the end users get the right value from the projects, programmmes and policies of the state Government that are targeted at making life better for the people.

Mr. Tinubu therefore appealed to residents of the State to continue to support the administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola beyond 2022.