‘Best teacher award testimony of Fayemi’s commitment to education’

The emergence of an Ekiti teacher, Mr. Olaoluwa Asubiojo, as the ‘Best Teacher in Nigeria’, has been described as a testimony of Governor Kayode Fayemi’s commitment to improved education in the state.

House of Assembly Speaker Mr. Funminiyi Afuye made the remarks on Tuesday in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Tai Oguntayo, in Ado-Ekiti.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Asubiojo was announced as the National Best Teacher in Abuja on Monday as part of activities marking the 2020 ‘World Teachers’ Day’.

Asubiojo, a teacher at Amoye High School, Ikere-Ekiti in Ikere Local Government, was Ekiti Best Teacher (secondary school category) in 2019.

The Speaker hailed Asubiojo for making Ekiti proud, saying the success was not by accident, but a result of Fayemi’s provision of improved and conducive teaching/learning environment across schools in the state.

He praised the governor’s innovations through his partnership with the World Bank in the area of provision of ‘Rural and Special Subject Allowances’ to teachers.

Afuye, however, restated the commitment of the House of Assembly to cooperate with the executive branch to improve the education sector through a people-oriented legislation for development.