2027 elections: APC Reps candidate flags off educational support project in Ogun

The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the Yewa South-Ipokia Federal Constituency in the 2027 general elections, Dr. Oluwatoyin Taiwo, has flagged off educational support project across public primary and secondary schools in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State

Dr. Taiwo, the immediate past Chief of Staff to Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, stated that the outreach was triggered by an alarming reports that many children in the border region failed to resume for the new academic session because their parents were unable to afford basic learning essentials.

He added that the targeted intervention includes the distribution of core instructional and personal supplies, customized exercise books, school sandals, and socks, to hundreds of students drawn from low-income households.

​During direct visits to the beneficiary institutions, Taiwo noted that the challenges facing rural pupils went beyond books and footwear, as a significant number of children were attending classes in visibly tattered uniforms.

​To address the situation, the former Chief of Staff committed to fully funding and distributing new school uniforms to all affected indigent students before the end of the following week.

He further announced that the educational outreach will expand into Yewa South Local Government Area to ensure broader coverage across the federal constituency.

​Speaking on the initiative, the Executive Chairman of Ipokia Local Government Area (LGA), Hon. Johnson Akohomeh Avoseh, lauded the intervention as a crucial booster to municipal efforts, adding that his administration has already renovated and commissioned approximately 15 primary and secondary schools to upgrade learning infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Hon. Isiaka Aderonmu, former Ipokia Chairman and current Commissioner with the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), emphasised that providing basic tools directly restores dignity to vulnerable students and boosts classroom engagement.

​The schools covered during the outreach included Ipokia Local Government Primary School; Maun Community Commercial Secondary School, Ipokia; Community High School, Tube; Methodist Primary School, Agada; Methodist Primary School, Iganmi; and Ogbe Community High School, Ajegunle Mede.

​Taiwo was accompanied by a delegation of political and community leaders, including Ipokia APC Chairman Hon. Wale Agbetokun Onikoyi, Vice Chairman Hon. Grace Okewole, alongside former state lawmakers and former council chairmen Hon. Abiodun Akovoyon, Hon. Dosu Amos, Hon. Adeniyi Hosu, and Hon. Kabir Abolurin.