The Ogun State Government has cancelled the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state. The Government said it has also lifted the restriction of movement order.

This, the State Government said would enable secondary school students across the state to take part in the on-going National Examination Council (NECO) examinations.

This was contained in a statement on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Kunle Somorin. Abiodun, while giving the approval, said the decision was arrived at after reviewing the challenges that the restriction of movement order would have on the Mathematics paper in the NECO exams scheduled for Saturday and which coincides with the timing of the monthly sanitation exercise.

“IT HAS BECOME EXPEDIENT THAT THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS BE CONSIDERED. MATHEMATICS IS A GENERAL SUBJECT AND WE NEED TO FACILITATE HITCH-FREE PREPARATION AND MOVEMENT OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND NECO OFFICIALS AND EXAMINERS TO VARIOUS CENTRES WHERE THE EXAMS WOULD HOLD WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE STATE,” the ststement said.