Lagos Education District 1 Agege Celebrates Lagos @50 in
Grand Style
The three-day event organised by Lagos Education District 1
Agege to commemorate the Golden Jubilee celebration of the state has ended.
The event tagged 'Celebrating Lagos @50 - Science, Arts and
Crafts Exhibition', was the brain child of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as part of
the 50 activities lined up for the celebration.
Science and technology research works were exhibited on the
first day. The second day witnessed the display of creative arts and crafts
while the third day was dedicated to talent discoveries among students of the
districts.
Although, the exhibition took place across the six education
districts of the state simultaneously, Education District 1 Agege - known for
excellence, staged a glamorous, educative, fanfare, dramatic, exciting and
fun-filled event that showcased the true MegaCity status of Lagos state.
Speaking at the grand finale of the exhibition, the Tutor
General/Permanent Secretary Education District 1, Dr Yinka Ayandele lauds the
leadership of Lagos from onset till date saying their foresight gave Lagos a
perfect structure.
"Lagos is our pride. Lagos is a place to be. We are
very proud of our founding fathers and the incumbent leadership. They have all
contributed immensely to make Lagos what it is today with a perfect social,
political, and economical structure that could compete favourably with other
climes", Dr Ayandele asserted.
"It is a
privilege that we have an education loving Governor in person of His
Excellency, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode who gave us the impetus to showcase our
children as part of the Lagos Golden History celebration.
"We appreciate the presence of the Deputy Governor, Dr.
Oluranti Adebule who declared open - the exhibition of various research works
of students of Education District 1 in the area of Science, Technology, Arts
and Craft".
She promised that the exhibition of the children's creative
efforts in the area of arts, crafts, music, dance and drama will not end with
the Lagos @50 celebration. She said the district will work towards making the
programme an annual event.
"We wish to take this event beyond the Lagos @50 celebration. We believe such move will endear us to discover the talents deposited in them by God and avail them entrepreneurial skills to leverage on while schooling", said Dr. Ayandele.
Also, as a show of appreciation to Governor Ambode, the drama group of Agege Local Government Education Authority under the leadership of Hon. Olamilekan Majiyagbe presented an interesting drama titled 'Ambodemocracy'. The drama was used to depict democratic style of the number one citizen of Lagos.
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