Hon. Johnson Babatunde Donates Over 30,000 Writing Materials To Enhance Learning in Orile Agege Public Primary Schools

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Hon. Johnson Babatunde Donates Over 30,000 Writing Materials To Enhance Learning in Orile Agege Public Primary Schools

Executive Chairman of Orile Agege LCDA, Hon. Sunday Johnson Babatunde has today donated over 30,000 Exercise books and other writing materials to all public primary schools pupils in the council area to enhance their learning capacity.

The Council Boss, fondly called Mr. PROJECT flagged off the distribution of the exercise books and other writing materials to the School Pupils.

While addressing the gathering at the inauguration, Sunday Babatunde said the Council decided to dole out the materials to the pupils to bring relief to the parents.

”We shall continue to bring educational development to our Council Area. Orile Agege LCDA shall continue to build, rebuild and restore the Local Council Development Area until it gets to enviable height.

”Our Administration is leaving a legacy that whoever is coming after us can have a good standing to build more for the Council area. The upcoming Administration just need to be maintaining the structures we have erected in all our public primary schools,” he said.

On the same vein, Education Secretary, Local Government Education Authority, Agege, Mrs Catherine Ogunyomi thanked the Chairman for investing in the education. She lauded the achievement of Orile Agege Council boss for constructing several buildings in all Public Primary Schools in Orile Agege.

Meanwhile, Headteacher of Shiloh Primary School, Mrs Osanyintola Moboluwaji, Agbeke also thanked the chairman for taking the burden of the parents away by providing writing materials for the pupils.

Babatunde later promised that his administration will not relent in the transformation of Public Primary Schools within the Council Area.

The distribution took place in St. Peters school complex, Okusanya School complex amongst others.

Present at the event were, Vice Chairman Hon. Pedro Kafilat Toyin, The Leader of the House, Hon. Wale Fayemi, Hon. Akinola Toyin , Chief Mrs Bola Britto , amongst others

AMBODE APPROVES RECRUITMENT OF 2200 TEACHERS

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday approved the recruitment of additional 1200 teachers for the Junior and Senior Secondary schools in the State.



The Governor, at the last quarterly Town Hall meeting at Ibeju Lekki, had promised that his administration would employ more teachers into public schools to meet up with the manpower required to cover all public schools in the State.



Confirming the development, Deputy Governor of the State, Mrs. Idiat Adebule said the 1200 teachers was an addition to the 1000 teachers which the Governor had approved for recruitment into Primary Schools in the State.



Adebule, who superintends over the Ministry of Education, said guidelines for application would be released soon in accordance with the Civil Service Rules.



The development, she added, would further aid teaching and learning in the public schools which according to her, has been attracting more enrollment in the last three years as a result of the improved infrastructure and welfare of teaching and non-teaching staff.



She said the improved facilities and staff motivation was evident in the high performance rate of the students of the State in local and international competitions.

TGPS EDDI Agege, Dr. Yinka Ayandele Listed Among Doyennes of Lagos Public Service

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Success, they say, is not by accident. It is consequence of hard work, perseverance, careful learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

Going by the aforementioned, it becomes obvious that an enigma of success and woman of substance, the Tutor General/Permanent Secretary of Education District One, Dr. (Mrs.) Olufolayimika Abiose Ayandele, was recently listed among 24 Doyennes of Lagos State Public Service.

Dr. Ayandele was recognised as one of the helmswomen atop their games in the present day Lagos State Public Service for incontestable positive impact in her sphere of influence through focused, hard working, innovative and a motivated workforce, as part of golden Jubilee year of the State’s existence.

The quintessential academician and administrator per excellence is ranked alongside Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Idiat Oluranti Adebule, First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, the Head of Service, Chief Judge of the State, Hon. Justice Atilade, female Commissioners, female captains of industries, and LG/LCDA helmswomen who scaled stringent assessments to make the enviable list of few; ‘Doyennes of Lagos Public Service’.

To read more about Dr. Yinka Ayandele's Achievement, get a copy of AgegePulse Magazine New Edition (See Page 8-10)

HOW WE PLAN TO DECIMATE OUT-OF-SCHOOL PUPILS IN AGEGE - Majiyagbe

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.

In a chat with Agegepulse Magazine, the brilliant dude spoke on the journey so far, the present state of the LGEA and plans to make primary education more interesting and appealing for every child in Agege. Excerpt:

“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.