Students rally support for Aregbesola

Some youths and students in Osun State-owned public schools and tertiary institutions on Thursday, thronged major streets in Osogbo, in a peaceful rally to drum support for the re-election of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

Convening on the platform of Youth Reformation Group, the group said there was no alternative to Aregbesola, adding that they were beneficiaries of his programmes.

Chairman of the coalition, Abiola Oludele, in an interview with our correspondent, stated that Aregbesola’s intervention in the education sector, among other areas of development, convinced them to support his re-election bid.

According to Oludele, the youths in the state are benefitting from the Osun Youths Empowerment Scheme and the Osun school feeding programme called O-Meal.

He also commended the governor for the reduction in the tuition fees of the tertiary institution, the increment of bursary allowance from N3,000 to N10,000; and the construction of modern schools for the secondary school students.