TGPS Dr Ayandele Hails Students, Teachers, Parents Over Massive Turn Out For Resumption

...Embarks On Schools Resumption Tour
...Students Share Holiday Experiences With TGPS

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The Tutor General cum Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Education District District One (EDDI), Dr Mrs Yinka Ayandele has hailed teachers, students and parents for the impressive turnout of students witnessed across the district as schools resume for the 2018/2019 academic session.

Dr Ayandele made the assertion while on tour of the 99 schools domiciled within the three local government areas (Agege, Ifako and Alimosho) that make up the district.

The resumption tour is an annual routine through which Dr Ayandele in company of other management staff and the Schools Support Unit, ascertains level of compliance with stated rules and regulations across the schools.

Speaking with newsmen after the tour, Dr Ayandele expressed great delight at the level of enthusiasm and preparedness on the part of students and teachers towards hitting the ground running as schools resume for the 2018/2019 session.

"We are happy to see that the children are happy to resume back to school and they resume in large numbers. The teachers are really very set, we have seen some things are being put in place like the name of students per class, arrangements, distribution of time-table, even the first assessment (welcome test) of our students is ongoing. These are part of efforts that are stimulating the resumption generally because these children are always looking forward to the first day of resumption."

She said the state government has moved ahead to put necessary school needs in place to ensure smooth transition into the new session.

"As you are aware that Lagos State government is committed to providing quality, affordable and accessible basic education to every child in the state, hence, prior to resumption, we met with Her Excellency, the Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Dr. Idiat Adebule expressing our preparations and challenges. She has addressed most of them, so, we are fully prepared to have better results than last year."

The award winning TGPS thanked the education stakeholders that made the resumption seamless.

"We want to use the opportunity to thank our parents for taking good and wonderful care of these students; they are looking very smart and happy to come back to school, we also thank the teaching and non-teaching staff, they already resumed since last week preparing the whole place for the students, ensuring the school environment is clean and conducive for learning, test running gadgets, preparing instructional materials just to ensure that our first day in school is not wasted. As you can see, it is not up to 10 O’clock, the schools have already settled. Our hearty appreciation goes to the present administration of Lagos State Government especially His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who is making teachers happy and ready to do the work they know how to do best." She concluded.

On a lighter note, some of the students narrate their holiday experiences to the TGPS after which she encouraged them to be focused, diligent and occupy their space as they aim high in studies.

Saraki May Declare Akpabio, Other PDP Defectors’ Seats Vacant

A senator from the North-Central geopolitical zone and an ally of Saraki said trouble could start on resumption when the APC caucus would definitely demand a roll call so that senators who defected to its fold could sit with their party members for easy identification.

“For now, I am not aware of any division or faction in the PDP at the moment that could warrant the action of Akpabio and others.

“The Senate President is expected to exercise his constitutional powers now to declare the seats of Akpabio and others’ vacant until they are able to justify the reasons for their defection.

“We know that the development would provoke an uproar, but the Senate President would remain resolute. So, the only option that would be left for Akpabio and his co-travellers would be to approach the court to determine whether there is actually a division in the PDP or not.

“Until the procurement of the legal interpretation of their status, those who defected from the PDP would be barred from entering the premises of the National Assembly.

“They will probably remain in court till the end of the current 8th Assembly.”

However, members of the APC caucus at the Senate alleged that Saraki withheld their defection letters from the PDP sent to the upper chamber.

The APC senators further alleged that Saraki, who read out the letter in which 13 lawmakers defected from the APC to the PDP and another one to the African Democratic Congress on July 24, refused to read the letters from those who dumped the opposition party for the ruling party.

The Senate President has however denied the allegation, challenging those who claimed to have written to him to declare their defections to publish their letters.

Speaking to SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday, an APC senator accused Saraki of ignoring the defection letters.

“Saraki has been proving smart by not reading letters of defections from the PDP. Until that was done, those affected have technically not defected. He is not reading the letters and it is deliberately so. As a result, in the records of the National Assembly, PDP is 57 while we are 48.

Reacting to the allegation, Saraki, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, denied keeping defection letters.

He said, “There is no senator whose letter is still pending. It is a lie, we don’t have such letters. When did they write and send the letters? Did they show you the copies? They need to make available the acknowledgement copies.”

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