The Government of Abia State has vowed to recover about 180 public schools illegally ceded to private individuals and entities by the previous Administrations in the State.
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Okey Kanu,the State Commissioner for Information disclosed this after the State Executive Council meeting in Umuahia. He state that the a Committee has set up to oversee the recovery efforts.
According to an official statement cited by Business Day in its report, the Committee will be headed by Caleb Ajagba, Chief of Staff to Governor Alex Otti.
It was alledged that the immediate past Administration in Abia State, allotted a large number of public schools to private persons, mostly political cronies, friends, family members and faith-based organisations.
Sources went further to state that allottees had since gone ahead to erect varying structures, including malls and business concerns, despite public outcry.
Okey Kanu however
warned that the State Government would no longer tolerate the unbridled greed and impunity of a few privileged people, with the penchant to illegally appropriate the common wealth.
Similarly, the State Government expressed displeasure with the misuse of public schools handed over to organisations, including Churches, insisting that the public facilities must be used for their real purposes.
The State Government also announce plans to retrain about 12,000 teachers in public schools to prepare them for the task of rebuilding the system.
Kanu, said that the decision to organise the retraining programme for the teachers is sequel to an assessment of the sector.
Teachers would participate in the capacity-building programme during the summer to prepare them for the task of handling the recently restructured and remodeled public schools.
Nnamdi Maduakor is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur
