SIR: Having read through the article written by one Ayo Aluko-Olokun in The Punch of Thursday 16th of May, 2013 titled ‘Osun: Why Launch Opon Imo in Lagos?’, I came to the sad conclusion that the writer does not have the slightest clue of what `Opon Imo’ is all about. I got more disappointed that the writer is a journalist and a public affairs analyst. With this kind of writing, the writer has succeeded in misinforming the public about the computer learning tablet called Opon Imo.

For your information, Mr. Aluko-Olokun, the Opon Imo has never been launched anywhere under the sun, not in Lagos and not even in Osogbo. What has been held so far has been series of press briefings, including the one in Lagos, on the conception and progress on the project. There has been a pilot study last year when the device was given to a few students in Osogbo for test running and collected from them after a few weeks. To date Opon Imo is yet to be launched, but it will be launched on June 3rd, 2013 at Ilesa.

The Opon Imo is the best thing that could happen to any student anywhere in the world. The advantages this learning tablet has over physical textbooks are immense. Which textbook in the world can ever have up to 63 subjects in it? Perhaps the writer needs to come down to Osun to see for himself. You cannot sit in Lagos and be passing judgement on the government of Osun. This precious gem in the hands of these students is equipped with solar chargers and does not rely only on electricity to function. It contained a lot more than textbooks. It is compact. The students cannot visit any other site on it apart from the purpose for which it was made for. It is loaded with all the learning aid the students need on the senior secondary school level to make good grades in senior secondary school examinations.

In this generation of ours that even JAMB is trying to make students write examinations on the computer, how will they learn to use computers if they are not introduced to it while in school? All over the world people now gather information on the internet. In developed world, big bookshops are folding up by the day.

I also wish to correct your claim that there are demonstrations and strikes everywhere in Osun. The government of the state of Osun is a responsive government that does not joke with the well being of its citizens and workforce. The lecturers that are on strike have already called it off. Other workers in the state are at work and doing well.

Mr. Aluko-Olokun’s write up was characterized by biases and condemnation throughout. He refused to acknowledge the good work the present administration is doing in Osun. My advice to him is to always get his facts right before heading to the press.

• Mrs. Titi Ajayi,

Ilesa, Osun State.