Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Wednesday, ordered the sack of six officials of the Ministry of Education, including an acting Permanent Secretary, Mrs Folashade Oresegun, three directors and an examiner over an ‘‘offensive’’ Senior School English language summary passage.

An examiner, Adegbenro Joel had prepared English language examination questions for the third term academic session of the state’s Unified Examination in Public Secondary Schools, which had a summary passage that took a critical look at the alleged negligence of the education sector by the government.

The governor reportedly got infuriated over the development and allegedly ordered the sack of the officials of the ministry that were directly in charge of the examination.

Those affected were; an acting Permanent Secretary, who was a level 17 officer, Folashade Oresegun; Director of curriculum, Mr Ganiu Odunsi and a Deputy Director, Curriculum and Evaluation, Mr Majekodunmi.

Others were; the examiner, who also taught at Mayflower School, two desk officers, whose identity were not known as at press time.

It was gathered that, Oresegun and Odunsi’s sack was converted to compulsory retirement, while the four others were summarily dismissed.

It was however, obtained the question paper with the ‘‘offensive passage,’’ which in essence examined the situation of the sector in the country.
The passage read; “There is no arguing about the fact that the government is merely paying lip service to the development of the education. It is true that a lot of money is being spent on education sector but, with little or no impact felt by the people, except where we want to deceive ourselves.

“Many schools run by the government, which were formerly known for academic excellence have suddenly lost their prestige and are living on past glory. No wonder many parents and guardians are left with only one option, to withdraw their wards from these schools to other ones that are better managed.”

When asked to comment on the development, the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa said, “I heard it yesterday the way you did and I asked them what happened. It is a civil service matter, and I cannot react to it.”