Although, statistics have shown that the number of pupils
enrollment into Agege primary schools has drastically increased since the square
peg for the job was placed in the square hole with the appointment of Hon.
Olalekan Olatunde Majiyagbe as the Executive Secretary of Agege Local
Government Education Authority, LGEA, the need to further decimate the number
of out-of-school children that litter the nooks and crannies of Agege remains
on the front burner for him.
“As a trained psychologist and counselor, I’ve been able to
transform and impact lives through counseling. I am one of the team that produced
the first gifted and talented child in Lagos state from Yewa Pry School, Agege.
The survival of every man is in his brain; your brain generates solutions
depending on how you apply it to issues.
For someone to succeed in life he/she
must identify his/her inner treasury. I became a consultant to World Bank on
community issues around age 27, which was as a result of the cognitive academic
system operating during our time. Our parents were ready to give physical
support and assistance to us unlike now that parents are using money to buy
their primary roles for their children. It is high time parents worked with
teachers to build a better future for our pupils.
“In Agege, we have 50 Pry Schools and 2 special schools for
children with special needs. Since I came in, we have been able to increase
staff welfare, build more structures, organize periodic staff training for
academic improvement and co-curricular activities. It is our believe that out
of school children are products of unfavourable economy situations, what we are
doing is to partner with market leaders to fish them out, though they are not
too many, people use them as maids and as hawkers. We are working to have
stakeholders meeting with CDAs and other stakeholders in order to develop a
working paper and statistic on them. Through this, we'll proffer solution to
that. Till date we have experience massive enrolment into our primary schools
because parents appreciate government efforts to make learning accessible and
appealing to pupils.
On his proposed 30days traditional dancing steps to mark his
10years investiture as the Asiwaju of Oko Oba Land, Majiyagbe said; "that
is a new dimension to publicity, we want to create an euphoria to sensitize
people that Asiwaju will soon celebrate 10th year anniversary. And that dancing
step is not a regulated approach, I may not be in royal regalia, I can be at a
point they will sing and dance and I will inform them to get ready for Asiwaju
day. When the day gets closer, there will be royal movement on horse or open
roof with guards and they will sing and dance at almost every point to dole out
gifts to children all around. And when it gets to the D-day which is June 2017,
it will be only church service and reception. I will also use the day to mark
my 54th birthday.
On politics, he said; I've a commitment and vision to emerge
Agege LG chairman. It's an age long dream because I've the wherewithal to bring
succor to my people. We have tailor made plans to make Agege people happy. We’ve
a strategy to run a successful Local Government system called Agege Model. I
assure you that this model will be emulated by other LGAs in the long
run".
Watch out for the full interview in the next edition of
AgegePulse Magazine.
