Akeredolu to sponsor bill to ban street hawking in Ondo
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo says his administration would prohibit hawking by school-age children to curb child abuse in the state.
Mr Akeredolu stated this on Tuesday in Akure, at the inauguration of the 18 newly appointed local government education secretaries.
Represented by Victor Olabimtan, the chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr Akeredolu said that the state government would no longer tolerate street hawking and selling by children of school age.
The governor said that a bill would be sent to the state House of Assembly to that effect.
He urged the newly inaugurated education secretaries to ensure mass enrolment of qualified children in basic schools in their local government areas.
Mr Akeredolu asked them to monitor public primary and junior secondary schools regularly.
The governor appointed the education secretaries on June 22, to promote educational administration at the grassroots for optimum performance.
Earlier, Dele Akinnagbe, the permanent secretary of SUBEB, said that the education secretaries should count themselves lucky to be appointed by the governor.
Mr Akinnagbe advised the secretaries to work as a team with the SUBEB chairman, whom he described as a man with versed knowledge.
(NAN)
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