The Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Wemi Jones has described Gov. Yahaya Bello as a man passionate about turning around the Educational Sector of the State for good.
Speaking with newsmen after the inauguration of the Implementation Committee of the Confluence University of Science and Technology Osara, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon Wemi Jones, commended the governor for the gesture, saying ”this is the moment we have all been waiting for”.
Jones noted that the inauguration of the CUSTECH implemention committee by the governor just few days after the NUC granted its approval, speaks volume on the direction His Excellency is taking the state to technologically.
The Commissioner stressed that with this level of zeal by His Excellency, he forsee Kogi State becoming the technological hub of the country in no distant time.
He therefore expressed the deep appreciation of the ministry to His Excellency for the courageous steps taken so far towards the establishment of the institution, adding that the state would be better for it because science and technology remains the bedrock of the world economy.
He assured the committee members of the support of the ministry in ensuring that they delivered on their mandate within the shortest time.