Nigeria, July 15 -- The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has explained that his administration's policy to return schools to missions will further improve the quality of education in the state.

He said the implementation of the policy would commence in September and the schools to be returned would be named at the start of the next academic session.

Mr Fayemi made this known while hosting the Prelate of the Methodist Church, Nigeria, Samuel Uche, in his office in Ado Ekiti on Friday.

He said the return of the schools would stamp the administration's respect for values, promising that government would work out an efficient and workable model as practised in other states where schools had been transferred back to the missions.

He sa...