{
  "id": 6790120,
  "title": "Ogun govt, security agencies meet principals ahead of school resumption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/ogun-govt-security-agencies-meet-principals-ahead-of-school-resumption",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T19:23:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/11/ogun-govt-security-agencies-meet-principals-ahead-of-school-resumption/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ogun State government and security agencies convened a meeting with principals and headteachers ahead of the school resumption. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Abayomi Arigbabu, emphasized the importance of creating a clean, safe, functional, and conducive environment for teaching and learning. He urged principals and headteachers to move beyond understanding government policies to actively implementing and enforcing them within their schools, taking ownership of maintenance and protection of infrastructure and facilities. Arigbabu highlighted the need to strictly adhere to the free education policy and warned against any individual collecting illegal fees. The Chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, Abiodun Sanyaolu, pointed out the significance of the stakeholders meeting to take stock, align plans, and ensure a safe and orderly resumption. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Oluwatosin Oloko, called for active participation from principals, headteachers, and teachers to deliver effective and efficient services during the 2026/2027 academic session. Olamilekan Ifede, Chairman of the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board, stressed the collective effort needed to combat the issue of out-of-school children, while the President of ANCOPSS Ogun State Chapter, Mr Alaba Olugbewesa, and Chairman of AOPSHON Ogun State Chapter, Mr Tajudeen Adeosun, pledged their commitment to implementing state educational policies and directives. Representatives from the Ogun State Police Command, Federal Highway Patrol, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Safe School Initiative assured their collective responsibility in ensuring the safety of lives and property in schools.",
  "summary": "Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Abayomi Arigbabu, has charged Principals and Headteachers across the state on the need to make every school environment clean, safe, functional and conducive for a robust teaching and learning process. Arigbabu gave the charge during Day 3 of a Pre-resumption Stakeholders meeting involving Principals, Headteachers and Security […]…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}