Why I donated school to Lagos community —Gbajabiamila

By Henry Obetta

LAGOS— THE Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, explained that his determination to donate a nationalist secondary schoolhouse to Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area, LCDA, successful Surulere country of Lagos was arsenic a effect of the hardship being faced by students, parents, teachers and assemblage leaders.

Inaugurating the Femi Gbajabiamila Junior Secondary School, the erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives said: “This lawsuit marks a defining milestone successful our corporate pursuit of accessible, prime acquisition for each kid successful this community.

“It is not simply opening a caller instauration but the commencement of opportunity, progress, and renewed anticipation for generations to come. For the archetypal clip successful the past of Itire-lkate, this assemblage present has a nationalist secondary schoolhouse wrong its borders.”

Gbajabiamila, who was represented by the lawmaker representing Surulere II astatine the House of Representatives, Mr Lanre Okunola, said that parents had been watching their children question agelong distances regular to be schools extracurricular their assemblage for galore years.

He said: “Some faced regular hardships and information concerns, portion others abandoned their acquisition altogether.

Today, that conflict has ended.

“This schoolhouse stands arsenic a beacon of inclusion, ensuring that nary kid successful Itire-lkate is near down due to the fact that of geography oregon circumstances, which besides reflects the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu to supply continuous enactment for acquisition astatine each levels successful Nigeria.”

According to him, acquisition has ever been the instauration of each prosperous nine arsenic it empowers individuals, transforms communities, and builds nations.

“However, acquisition does not commencement astatine university; it begins successful schools similar this, wherever young minds are nurtured and shaped for the future,” helium said.

In his address, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said that the inauguration of Femi Gbajabiamila Junior and Senior Secondary School was a testament to the powerfulness of philanthropy and dedication successful the transportation of transformative innovation that tin alteration the assemblage forever.

Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, described the task arsenic beingness transforming.

He said: “The frontier of acquisition governance globally is predicated connected collaboration and concern with the authorities connected gathering a amended and brighter time for our children.

“With entree to qualitative acquisition successful the state, I widen my heartfelt congratulations to the main of unit to Mr President and by hold to everyone who has contributed to the realisation of this singular project.

“This life-transforming task nary uncertainty profoundly impacts countless students, shaping the aboriginal and contributing importantly to the advancement of the acquisition sector, peculiarly successful the Itire-Ikate and Lagos State successful general.”

Responding, the Chairman, Itire-Ikate LCDA, Mr Oluwafemi Odunayo, who applauded Gbajabiamila for an impactful project, said: “This is simply a testament of Gbajabiamila’s unwavering committedness to the improvement of the assemblage and the acquisition of our youth.”

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