The newly sworn in Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday abolished payment of education tax in primary and secondary schools in the state.
The governor announced this during his ‘Thank You’ visit to Ekiti North and South Senatorial Districts.
Before the latest fiscal policy pronouncement, pupils and students of primary and secondary schools in the state were each paying N500 and N1,000, respectively as education tax, following its introduction by the Fayose-led administration in 2015.
Governor Fayemi described the tax as wrong as it makes parents to pay education tax on underage children.
He ordered: “From today, we have cancelled all educational taxes. We can’t owe parents and expect them to be paying taxes.”
The governor promised also to introduce free meals in public schools by December.
Fayemi charged the APC members to work together for the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 for him to extend the rail line to Ekiti and dualise Ado-Akure road. among other projects.
He pleaded: “That is why I am begging our candidates to reach out and reconcile with those that contested with them for the State and National Assembly seats.
“They should also meet all the leaders because no governor can come from the government house and install all these candidates without the support of the party people.
“We must not allow cracks in our party, we must be united. Whoever thinks he could fight the leaders and other contestants and still win the election is wasting his time, he had already heard the result of the election”, the governor stressed.
