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Return unauthorized levies – Gov Fayemi

November 14, 2018
education

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.

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Primary and Secondary school pupils need to have a knowledge of economic issues
November 12, 2018
education

The President Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr Babatunde Ruwase, has said that primary and secondary school pupils need to have a knowledge of economic issues so as to be able to navigate them and achieve success while developing the nation.

He made this known through an LCCI council member, Mrs Sarah Sosan, at the 2018 LCCI Secondary School Essay Competition and Prize Giving Day event held last Friday at the Commerce House, Victoria Island, Lagos.

According to Ruwase, the need to educate pupils on economic issues gave birth to the competition and this year’s theme,  The Role of Entrepreneurship in National Development.

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