FUTHERING its caring heart policy in Ondo State, the Governor Mimiko administration madeavailable N300m as car loan to 600 teaching and non-teaching staff in the state’s employment on Monday. Beneficiaries of the car loan were presented with the checks on the same day with a 10 per cent repayment interest.
The State’s Commissioner for Education, Remi Olatubora, who presided over the presentation ceremony, said the essence of the loan scheme was to motivate the beneficiaries for better performance.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Taiwo Kolawole, the Commissioner added that the scheme will in no small way increase the workers productivity and reduce loss of manpower due to access to means of easy transportation.
“Government has again demonstrated its commitment to the implementation of workers welfare policies. It has manifested in this loan scheme for teaching and non-teaching staff in the realization of the fact that they hold the key to the future of the nation.
In his address, the Chairman of the state’s Teaching Service Commission, Barr. Fola Amure, dismissed the insinuation making the rounds that the scheme will soon be discontinued by the state government.
According to him, “there is no iota of truth in the insinuations that government will no longer give out car loan after the one being given because of insufficient fund. Please don’t listen to the tale bearers. This loan is a revolving one and it is a continuous exercise.
“For the umpteenth time, I want to plead with you the beneficiaries that you should justify the good intention of government in giving out this car loan and reciprocate it by working harder in order not to render government investment on its teaching workforce a waste.
Amure praised the government for the massive renovation of school buildings and construction as well as equipping of Science laboratories in selected schools across the 18 local government areas of the state as part of the efforts to revamp and upscale education at the secondary school level.