Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has announced that Monday will be a work-free day for teachers in both public and private schools to celebrate the 2024 World Teachers’ Day.
A statement from the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, released in Osogbo, the state capital, on Sunday, highlighted that this gesture aims to honor the vital contributions of teachers to the development of the education sector.
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Quoting Adeleke’s message to the teachers on the occasion, the statement partly read, “I, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, the Executive Governor of Osun state heartily congratulate all teachers throughout the world and in particular in my dear state, Osun on the annual occasion of World Teachers Day being celebrated annually on every 5th of October.
“While it gladdens my heart and that of my administration to declare tomorrow as public holiday throughout Osun State, I admonish all teachers to use the one-day public holiday as a means to cast a look at the past, present and future development of the state in the education sector.
“I am using this opportunity for the umpteenth time to assure you that my administration will continue to do everything morally and officially possible to put smiles on your faces in order to make you happy and fulfilled as purveyors of knowledge in this dear state of ours, Osun.”