Ondo schools charge the least fees —Mimiko

Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has affirmed that tertiary institutions in  the state charge the cheapest  tuition fees in the country.

The governor made the affirmation in Akungba on Friday during the commissioning of the newly-built Adekunle Ajasin University's Senate Building which he described as "another of our legacy projects, which has become our trademark in laying a sustainable foundation for the development of our State"

He added that the building "also signposts the history of our past, document the records of our present and provide illumination for our future."

The commissioning was done amidst encomium showered on the outgoing  institution's vice chancellor, Professor Femi Mimiko and the immediate past chairman and members of the university's governing council, headed by Barrister Dan Nwanyanwu for their vision and unprecedented contributions to the transformation of the university.

According to Dr Mimiko, the construction of the four -winged, five storey complex  Senate Building located on 12 hectares of land commenced on March 7 2012, and it  was  completely funded by the Ondo State Government.

Governor Mimiko, at the occasion received the education icon award of  the National Association of Nigerian Students Zone D South West Nigeria.       He  noted that his administration would not relent in moving the  State to the next level of sustainable development in all sectors, stressing that the  provision of quality education for the citizenry assumes a matter of great concern for the  administration within the context of the  socio-economic environment.

As an active participant in the government and politics of the  State for more than three decades, Dr Mimiko identified infrastructural decay as a major challenge confronting tertiary and other institutions across the country.

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