There is a chaotic manner that some people are handling governance in Edo state, and this has been exposed with the crisis in the educational sector.
By refusing to appoint a substantive Commissioner for Education and issuing contradictory statements on the educational policy of the state as it affects the academic calendar of schools, it has confirmed fears that the Edo state government is very confused.
The Edo state Government had within a spate of 24hours issued two different statements, on the current second term calendar in the state, with school proprietors, teachers, parents and Guardians, expressing grave concerns.
While the one issued by not even the Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Education compelled School Heads to close down schools by April 1 2021 for the second term, because the State is hosting the National Sports Festival, another by the Secretary to the Government, urged them to continue with the existing calendar till April 30, 2021, notwithstanding the sports festival.
Some weeks ago, no money for festival. Edo has won lottery abi?
The implication of this development is that someone has failed in his primary responsibility of safeguarding the future of Edo children with an articulate Education policy that is free of confusion, as the case presently is.
That person needs to provide leadership direction for the State and especially the Education of her children by doing the needful.
The current situation of the Educational system in the state may not have deteriorated to the current level if someone had perfomed his constitutional duty of appointing a cabinet.
Evidently the administration in Edo is groping without a clearcut agenda for the people who are eager to feel the genuine impact of governance.
The administration is also not being honest with Edo people despite the hype over rebuilding the State Civil Service because as from the Ministry’s statement, it appears there is even no functional Permanent Secretary there.
This is in addition to its failure to fix our schools, especially in rural areas and end the excruciating drought in qualified teachers.
Urgent steps are needed to revamp the Educational sector of the state before it dilapidate further.
It is still not yet late to get more competent hands to run a Cabinet instead of overloading one office and in the process inflicting more hardship on Edo people.