Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose Friday, said all his children are studying in the country, stating however, that he has never travelled out of the country for medicare.
Fayose said this at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state during the convocation ceremony of his son, Ayorogbayimika.
According to him, the standard of education in the county would improve if public office holders enrol their children in Nigerian universities.
“Even children of President Muhammadu Buhari that they told us lived a modest life attended universities abroad.
“Shouldn’t President Buhari have lived by example by enrolling his children in universities in Nigeria?”
The governor said there was no reason for children of public office holders to study outside Nigeria, except in cases where the courses they are interested in are not offered in the country.
“We talk and do. Whatever we say is what we practice. Apart from the fact that none of my children attended schools abroad, I have never travelled out of the country for medicare,” Fayose said.
“During my first tenure as governor, I took my son from a private school and enrolled him in SUBEB model primary school in Ado Ekiti. Today again, I am here to witness the graduation of my son and I make bold to say here that none of my children attended a tertiary institution outside Nigeria.
“That should be the spirit not a situation where someone is the minister of education in Nigeria and his children are schooling abroad. And by enforcing this too, we will be saving Nigeria a lot of foreign exchange being wasted on medical and academic tourism.”
The governor however said he would continue to ensure that Ekiti maintains its position in the education sector.
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