The Kwara State Federal government has actually developed a committee tasked with recuperating lands coming from public secondary schools that have been encroached upon across the state’s three senatorial districts.
According to a statement released on Saturday by the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Peter Amogbonjaye, the relocation is part of efforts to resolve increasing concerns about the illegal occupation of school homes.
The committee was inaugurated on Friday at the ministry’s headquarters in Ilorin by the Commissioner for Education and Person Capital Development, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe, who was represented at the occasion by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Olanrewaju Rebecca Bake.
Speaking during the inauguration, Olohungbebe discussed that the committee was established to resolve persistent advancement on lands designated for public secondary schools by people and organisations. He kept in mind that the effort is planned to ensure that government schools preserve the spaces officially assigned to them for instructional activities and future development.
He specified that the committee’s work would cover all state-owned secondary schools throughout the three senatorial zones, with particular attention to schools where principals, local communities and Parent-Teacher Associations have lodged protests about land advancement.
According to the commissioner, the committee will carry out a thorough evaluation of afflicted school properties by recognizing and mapping the lands in concern, performing on-site assessments and evaluating the level of infringement.
He added that the group would likewise produce comprehensive documents to support the healing procedure. Part of its mandate includes verifying land ownership by comparing physical boundaries with initial survey plans and digital records offered with the Kwara State Geographical Info Service.
Olohungbebe commended Guv AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for authorising the facility of the committee, explaining the decision as a major action toward protecting educational infrastructure and assets throughout the state.
The committee has been given 6 weeks to carry out its project and provide a last report to the federal government.
Representatives from several crucial organizations attended the inauguration, consisting of authorities from the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Advancement, the Kwara State Mentor Service Commission, the Kwara State Primary Education Board, the Kwara State Geographical Info Service and the Ministry of Justice.