Ekiti State government,  directed all public primary and secondary schools heads in the State, who had collected unauthorized levies at the beginning of the 2018/2019 academic year to return same to their pupils and students.

The Deputy Governor, Bisi Egbeyemi, who gave the directive, in Ado-Ekiti, ordered a full compliance stressed that the Education Development Levy and other unauthorized fees remain abolished in the state. Egbeyemi, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Odunayo Ogunmola,   further directed that evidence of such refunds must be brought to the Ministry of Education for verification.