Osun2014: PDP candidate Omisore meets with CAN; vows to reverse Aregbesola’s education policies

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Osun has been meeting with candidates vying to be elected as governor of the state in next month’s governorship poll. The program has been tagged ‘Meet the Christians’ and yesterday, CAN met with the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyiola Omisore. Omisore, who knows that the educational policy of Gov. Aregbesola is one of the most controversial of his administration, promised to restore the dignity of education if voted into power on August 9, 2014. The event took place at the CAN secretariat in Owode, Ede. Omisore said education is accorded top priority in the eight-point agenda of his Rescue Mission. He hit at the governor, who he said has caused so much confusion in the education sector. He promised that he would correct the anomalies caused by the present administration when he becomes governor. Touching on popular subjects, Omisore promised that mission schools taken over by the government would be returned to their owners if he wins. He also insisted that it was wrong and totally unacceptable for pupils to be wearing the same uniform to school, adding that such policy has bastardised education and made it difficult to identify unruly behaviour among pupils. Gov. Aregbesola was had his own session with the Osun state CAN leadership last week.