Edo Returns Some Schools To Missionary

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has approved the return of schools to missionary organizations in the state.

According to a statement by Fred Itua,
the Chief Press Secretary to governor, the decision to return the schools to missionary followed a meeting between the governor and the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Auchi, Gabriel G. Dunia, in Government House, Benin City.

The governor clarified that any of the affected schools currently undergoing renovation by the state government would remain under its supervision until their completion.

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The governor named the schools expected to be affected by this policy as Our Lady of Fatima College, Auchi; St. Angela’s Grammar School, Uzairue; St. John Grammar School, Fugar; St. Peter’s Grammar School, Agenebode; St. James’s Grammar School, Afuze; St. Joseph College, Otuo; St. Mary Grammar School, Eme-Ora; and St. Aloysius Gonzaga Grammar School, Ososo.

In his response, Bishop Dunia revealed that despite persistent appeals to previous administrations, the state government did not positively respond to the Church’s requests for the return of their institutions until now.

Bishop Dunia underscored the strategic importance of these educational institutions to the Catholic mission, emphasizing their role not only in the intellectual formation of children but also in fostering “ideal moral character, which constitute the bedrock of good society.”