The Federal Ministry of Education have sent letters in respect to the locations of the six newly approved Federal Colleges of Education in the country to governors of the six benefitting states.
The Director of the Ministry of Press and Public Relations,Mr Ben Goong, made this known in a statement which was issued on Monday in Abuja.
Mr Ben Goong said: “The clarification on the locations of the colleges becomes necessary in order to dispel rumours circulating in some sections of the media.
The attention of the Federal Ministry of Education has been drawn to the mutilation of official correspondence between the ministry and the Government of Osun, over the location of the newly approved Federal College of Education in the state, which has been widely circulated in the social and conventional media.”
“To this effect, therefore, the Federal Ministry of Education wishes to clarify the locations of the Colleges as follows: BAUCHI -Location- Jama’are in Jama’are Local Government and BENUE – Location- Odugbo in Apa Local Government.”
”Others are Ebonyi- Location- Isu in Onicha Local Government, EDO – Location- Ekiadolor in Ovia North East Local Government, OSUN – Location – Iwo in Iwo Local Government and Sokoto – Location- Gidan Madi in Tangaza Local Government.”
Mr Ben further said that a technical team from the ministry and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) would be visiting the benefitting states to inspect and assess the sites in the coming weeks. It’s in preparation for the take-off of the colleges in October.