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TG/PS Lauds Sanwo-Olu On Infrastructure Renewal

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4 years ago

Dec 23, 2020.

The Supervising Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Education District IV, Mrs. Anike Adekanye has acknowledged the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the face-lift to the District in form of infrastructure regeneration, heightened personnel, regular welfare packages, and enhancement of the facilitative teaching and comprehending environment.

Uttering on Tuesday at the launch of the items acquired and remodeled by the District through the intervention of the Governor, the TG/PS said that the State Government is focussed on the Education and Technology pillar of its T.H.E.M.E.S. Agenda, adding that the provision of computer systems and other technological infrastructure would make the students 21st-Century compliant.

Adekanye documented certain areas of intervention by the Governor to include the provision of a 150KVA generator, refurbishment of non-functional staff buses, donation of a well-equipped library, modern ICT Centres, the rehabilitation of the District’s headquarters, and provision of several other office tools for the staff.

She said that the indication, which is in addition to the end of the year package already made available to teachers within the District, would serve as a morale booster for the staff and make the Christmas and New Year celebrations a memorable one for them.

The Supervising Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary, who is also the TG/PS of Education District II, expressed the belief that with the giant strides recorded within the last four months when she assumed office as the Accounting Officer of the District, there is the hope of greater achievements in the coming years.

“From the time l assumed office, everyone and every hand has been on deck despite the serious challenges posed by the pandemic this year; we realized our sole objective of improving learners’ outcomes in the District. I want to thank all those who have made this objective realizable”, Adekanye stated.

Speaking on the newly renovated buses, the TG/PS stated that the gesture will aid the smooth mobility of teachers to work and help increase the punctuality of teachers at their duty posts with the availability of additional functional staff buses.

Eko Hot Blog Understood that the TG/PS also recognized some students from different schools who had won laurels for the District since the beginning of the year as well as some Teachers and Principals, who were exceptional in the discharge of their duties.

She recollected that Gbaja Girls Senior High School took the 1st position at the Organisation for Woman in Science for the Development of World (OWSD) Annual Quiz, while three students from different schools within the District, namely, Edeh Rhema, Ademola Waris, and Adeyinka Gboluwaga surpassed at the just concluded Spelling Bee Competition by emerging 3rd, 4th, and 5th postures respectively.

Acknowledging the fact that the State Government recognized the tremendous contributions of the District towards improving education in the State, Mrs. Adekanye added that awards, trophies, and letters of commendation were received from the government on the wonderful performance of the students at both State and National competitions.

She described how her visit to all schools within the District made it apparent for her to have first-hand information about the state of the schools, recognize their peculiar needs, and sought for interventions from the State government, through the management of the Ministry of Education.

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