Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday reiterated the
commitment of his administration to continue to give priority attention to
education sector, saying students from the state public schools are now
academic champions winning national competition awards.
Fashola said this when the 15- year-old Master Edun Olabanji of Army
Children Senior Secondary School, Onigbongbo who came first in the competition,
initiated in 2001 by New Era Foundation under the leadership of Senator Oluremi
Tinubu, acted as One-day Governor of Lagos State.
Fashola who vacated his seat for the young Olabanji to preside over the
Lagos State Executive Council, with his Deputy Opeyemi Blessing of Keme Balogun
College at Igbogbo, Ikorodu and Macaulay Elijah Ayodele of Ojota Senior
Secondary School, said the ceremony is geared towards inspiring the younger
generation of Nigerians to greatness.
He said the traditional thing prevalent in the country with a change of
government would have been to quickly do away with the idea, saying he retained
the One-day Governor initiative of his predecessor because of its positive
impact in the lives of the students who participate in the competitions.
According to him, “The seed that has been sown will germinate in ways
we cannot contemplate; seeds of career choices decisions whether to serve in
public sector or private sector.”
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