Photos From The Launch Of “Opon Imo” in Osun State

“The youth and children who benefit from this tool will someday represent us. They will become leaders in business, banks and boardrooms They will be scientists and engineers and they will learn to fly our air crafts, run government, teach in our universities and build the nation. The seed for that bright future is being sown. We all have a responsibility to water it and watch it grow into a bountiful harvest.” – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

From R-L: From right, Wife of the Governor State of Osun, Alhaja Sherifat
Aregbesola; Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; his Deputy/Commissioner
for Education, Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori; Chairman Action Congress of
Nigeria, Chief Bisi Akande; Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs Bisi
Fayemi; Country Director UNESCO, Professor Hassana Alidou and others

“It reinforced our mindset that every pioneering project of this nature must necessarily involve a never-failing spirit to surmount difficulties and challenges. So, we fortified our spirit with the counsel of Samuel Beckett, which urges us to, ‘Try again. Fail again. [And] Fail better.’” – Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola

“It is a first-of-its-kind standalone learning tablet in the world for self-paced study. It provides three major content categories vis-à-vis, e-library, virtual classroom, and an integrated test zone. The virtual classroom category contains 63 e-books covering 17 academic subjects for examinations conducted by WAEC, NECO and JAMB as well as non-academic life-enriching subjects such as ‘history of The Yoruba’, ‘sexuality education’, ‘civic education’, ‘ifa on ethics and morals’, ‘enterprise education’, ‘hints and tips on passing SSCE’ and ‘How to live a Healthy and Happy life’. This section also contains an average of 16 chapters per subject and 823 chapters in all, with about 900 minutes or 15 hours of audio voiceovers.” – Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola

From L-R: Chairman Action Congress of Nigeria, Chief Bisi Akande;
Deputy Governor/Commissioner for Education State of Osun, Mrs Titi
Laoye-Tomori; Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; his Wife, Alhaja
Sherifat Aregbesola; Speaker House of Representative, Honourable Aminu
Tambuwal and National Leader Action Congress of Nigeria and Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu

Cross Section of Students in the State of Osun displaying the Tablet,
during the Official Launching of Opon Imo: Tablet of Knowledge, at
Zenababs Hotel, Ilesa the State of Osun

Governor of Osun state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, delivering a message on how Opon Imo- Tablet of Knowledge was born

From L-R: Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; his Wife,
Alhaja Sherifat Aregbesola; Speaker House of Representative,
Honourable Aminu Tambuwal; National Leader Action Congress of Nigeria,
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Deputy Governor Lagos State and Mrs Adejoke
Adefulure

From L-R: Deputy Governor/Commissioner for Education State of Osun,
Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori; Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; his Wife,
Alhaja Sherifat Aregbesola; Speaker House of Representative,
Honourable Aminu Tambuwal and National Leader Action Congress of
Nigeria and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

From R-L: Former Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar; Wife of the Governor State of Osun, Alhaja Sherifat
Aregbesola; Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his
Deputy/Commissioner for Education and Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori

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