Students under the aegis of the Students’ Wing of the Yayi Progressive Movement have called on the next governor of Ogun State to allocate 26 per cent of the state’s annual budget to education in line with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation benchmark.
The students made the demand on Wednesday during a solidarity rally in support of the governorship aspiration of Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Speaking during the rally, the Coordinator of the Students’ Wing of the movement, Oladotun Opaleye, said the students would continue to engage the senator on improved funding for education if elected governor.
“We have a UNESCO standard of 26 per cent. Apart from the fact that we are supporting him, we are going to be on him to ensure that there is a budgetary allocation of 26 per cent to education.”
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