Stakeholders want Benue schools returned to owners

From Simeon Nwakaudu, Makurdi

TO tackle the rot in the education sector in Benue State, the stakeholders have advised that all public schools, which were taken over by the state government, should be returned to their original owners.

At a press conference during the weekend after the stakeholders' meeting at the Government House, Makurdi, the Commissioner for Education, Mr. Benjamin Ashaver, said that the leaders, realising the rot in the education sector, have resolved that it is in the best interest of the state that the schools be returned to their owners.