Steel Manufacturing Back to Nigeria

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The Chief Executive Officer of a Nigerian-based steel manufacturing company, Mr Sanjay Kumar, has said that Nigeria has the potential to become a global player in the manufacture and exportation of iron rods.

Kumar, CEO of African Foundries Limited, made the statement while taking newsmen on a tour of the company's steel mill at Ogijo in Ogun State on Tuesday.

"Nigeria has abundant iron ore deposit and if the full potential of government is ploughed into its exploration and exploitation, this country can begin to produce steel for export.

"The potential is there for Nigeria because of her drive toward economic diversification; her manpower base; her intellectual base in metallurgy science; and because she possesses abundant natural resources for steel production.

"It is without doubt that Nigeria has the capacity to become Africa's voice in the international market place for the manufacture, marketing and exportation of rods," Kumar said.

He said that indigenous steel producing companies were doing enough to bridge the local demand-supply chain, adding that domestic rod production could reach 1, 250, 000 tonnes by 2013.

Kumar urged the Federal Government to improve on the nation's infrastructure to encourage more investors to go into the production of steel and iron rods locally.

Mr Uche Iwuamadi, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, African Foundries Limited, said that local rod manufacture would abate the nation's unemployment ratio.

According to him, the steel making industry attracts skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labour which Nigerian has in abundance.

"Recycling of scrap metal entails getting scavengers to go get waste metal objects and supply mills that use them to produce rods.

"About 5000 people alone have been known to be gainfully employed and supplying us with the scrap metals we recycle for our production," he said.

The Technical Director of African Foundries Limited, Mr Ravi Sharma, said that building collapse in Nigeria should not be blamed on use of substandard iron rods.

He said that rods alone have not been known to be the cause of building collapsing.

"There is the need, however, for more government intervention in checking the importation and production of substandard building materials," he said.

Sharma said that Nigeria ought, by now, to have been exporting steel and rod to other countries, especially those in Africa.

SOURCE: allafrica

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Why my son should be Adamawa next governor – Tukur

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The National Chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamangar Tukur said, yesterday, that his decision to support his son in his quest to become the next governor of Adamawa State was borne out of the principle of providing a level-playing field for all contestants.

Speaking with newsmen, he questioned the rationale for querying his son’s ambition to be governor of the state, when indeed, his son had been in politics and was even eyeing the gubernatorial seat before he became the national chairman of the party.

According to Tukur, Awaul should not be denied the opportunity of contesting the position of Adamawa State governorship simply because he happened to be the son of the incumbent chairman of the party and that after all, others who were governors of the state were children of some other individuals.

His words, “my son has been in politics, long before I became the chairman of the party.  He was a member of the House of Representatives when I was not PDP chairman.  Was I the chairman at that time?

“If my son wants to be governor, I cheer him. If my son is looking for leadership  to provide service, why not? My job is not a chairman of the party to promote any individual.

“I have already given out what I will do as chairman of the party. It is to build our party based on equity and justice; free and fair process of electing its leaders at all levels. No imposition. Include everybody and let the party members decide who will be its candidates.

“Bringing the issue of saying, oh, he is my son or my daughter does not arise.  Those who are governors are they not sons of other persons? Are they from trees? They are also sons of some individuals.”

On the vexed bombing and killing of innocent Nigerians by the Boko Haram sect, Tukur posited that the nation was under foreign attacks, as according to him, there was no other plausible explanation to the bombings of innocent worshippers in churches and mosques, traders in markets and security outfits as currently witnessed in many states of the North.

He urged Nigerians to stand together, irrespective of faith differences and confront the insurgency which he described as evil.

He said: “My belief is that we must use the opportunity to build a united and strong nation. Nigeria is playing a major role in the African Union. If today, we are the ones looked upon to go and mediate and keep peace in Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Dafur, among many others. We must have peace at home and remain united in spite of all challenges.

“We are being faced with the menace of insurgency which we call Boko Haram.  We are being attacked from outside. We are being attacked at the churches, mosques, police station, prisons, markets. We better think.

“We must stand together as a people: the clergy, community leaders, traditional rulers and the Ulama must work together. This is the time that all hands must be on deck to confront this evil.

“What is happening is a struggle between good and evil and we must all join hands to defeat the evil.

Asked to specifically take a stand for or against the proposed amnesty for Boko Haram, the PDP chairman said, “it is not Boko Haram. It is evil. Even if you want to give a connotation, how can you equate the bombing of churches and mosques; police stations and prisons; banks and markets?  Let good confront the evil and conquer it”.

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Sokoto, BoA distribute N1.15bn agric loan deal

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Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has flagged off the distribution of N1.15 billion loans to small holder dry season farmers in the 23 local government areas of the state.

The loan scheme follows a memorandum of understanding signed between the state government and the Bank of Agriculture (BoA). Under the MoU, the state government provided N650 million while the bank provided N500 million.

Wamakko said that each of the 23 local governments was given N50 million, warning that “the gesture will only be extended to genuine farmers.” He said that the scheme, which is a revolving one, was aimed at encouraging the beneficiaries to produce more food.

“This is also aimed at reducing the menace of poverty and unemployment, rural -urban drift and political thuggery in the state,” Wamakko added. He also disclosed that, the state government will pay the initial deposits for 2000 farmers who will benefit with N205,000 each under a federal government cassava production programme .

Managing Director of BoA, Dr. Mohammed Santuraki, decried the massive importation of food into Nigeria in spite of the vast fertile land available in the nation. He said that the loans were targeted at small holder farmers who, according to him, are responsible for about 90 per cent of farmers, adding that with the appropriate support through the provision of quality inputs, even the small holder can operate profitably.

“So we are happy with this collaboration and this event has become a reality today barely five weeks after the signing of the MoU with the state government,” he said.

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If Buhari contests 100 times, he cannot rule this country again – Association of Witches and Wizards in Nigeria

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The Association of Witches and Wizards in Nigeria has warned former Head of State and leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Mohammadu Buhari to bury his ambition of ruling Nigeria ever again.

Dr. Okhue Iboi, the acclaimed spokesperson of the Association in an interview with Sunday Express asserted that witches and wizards in the region would not allow him to spearhead the affairs of the nation again.

He further stressed that Nigeria would not break-up after 2015 contrary to what Dr. Fasheun and the American government predicted.

According to him, “During the meeting we held on January 29 in Ilorin, we talked about the government of this country.

Goodluck Jonathan will re-contest and he will win the 2015 election irrespective of whatever opposition that rises against him,” the coven’s spokesman affirmed.

On the menace of Boko Haram, Iboi said, “We gave the witches in the North the mandate to cool down Boko Haram; mark my words, by the end of this year, you will hardly hear of any Boko Haram mayhem again.”

The extensive interview with the witchdoctor was not all glad tidings, however, his revelations raised serious concerns about the 2015 election.

“Some people are prepared to frustrate President Jonathan by all means and these people would resort to foul means. But in doing that, they will jeopardize Nigeria. I beg Nigeria to pray. Let us all pray, Christians, Muslims and herbalists,” he said seriously.

Continuing he stated “there will be many disturbances during the primary and at the main election, a lot of bombs will be thrown around. But I can assure you,” he said, “Nigeria will not break or divide as the Americans have prophesied.”
The witches’ imagemaker further foretold the future of politics in the country. He started with the proposed merger parties, APC and its chances of challenging the dominion of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
“This mega party when we looked at them and their future, they are good, they have good intentions, but at the last minute, before election, they will be thrown into disarray; they will have a big disagreement that will shatter the party and in-fighting over superiority. This discord will not be settled until the elections hold.”
Similarly, he also divulged the council of witches’ verdicts on some political personalities. In the case of General Muhammadu Buhari, one of the key opposition politicians against the PDP-led government and a crucial actor in any serious coalitions, Iboi unveiled a damning verdict. “If Buhari contests 100 times, he can’t rule this country again,” Iboi began, “because the “pillars of the north at night” have no likeness for him. They would not let him rule this country.”
Witches’ stance towards former military president Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida was not any different. “Babangida can take his money to support another party but he can’t rule this country again.”
On the contrary, former President Olusegun Obasanjo fared better as he was in the good book of the witches. “Till the day he will die, Obasanjo will still be important and relevant to the Nigerian politics. That is his destiny,” Iboi affirmed.
Iboi who claimed to be in the fourth year of his seven-year tenure as the coven’s spokesperson also spoke about the coming wrath of witches over Nigerian politicians. “Some of the politicians that are using other people’s destiny, I mean those who steal other people’s luck, between now and next year, God’s wrath is coming upon them,” he threatened. “And as for the current PDP National Chairman, he will have his hands full with many problems that will eventually swallow him.”

He expressed hope that a better Nigeria lies ahead, he said, “In the meeting we had last year in Niger State, we gazed into the future of this country and we discovered that Nigeria will still be better.” But before then, he opined that a cleansing will take place. “The bad elements disturbing this country will have to be removed and that will happen in no distant time; one by one, they shall all perish. Then, Nigeria will get better. And I tell you, the youths will enjoy this Nigeria, but that time is not in the immediate future,” he concluded.

SOURCE: DailyPost

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Police commences training for PPROs

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The Police Force Headquarters said on Wednesday that it had begun a four-day capacity building training to equip police public relations officers.

The force said in a statement issued by CSP. Frank Mba, its spokesman, in Abuja that the training had commenced in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.

It said that the participants would be equipped with requisite professional skills for managing the image of the force.

The statement stressed the need for effective management of the corporate image of the force in the face of rising extremism, criminality and terror in the country.

It said that public relations personnel from the military, para-military and other sister security agencies were also participating in the training.

“The workshop is strategically designed to cover training in media relations, crisis communications and issues management as well as media and police public relations.

“It will also look into perception, image and brand management in government agencies and terrorism in democracy and communications.

“The participation of other security agencies is a manifestation of the resolve of the present police management to strengthen inter-agency collaboration in the fight against crime and criminality in the country,” the statement said.

It said the event, jointly organised by the Nigeria Police and the Government of Akwa-Ibom, was being facilitated by PRM Africa, a foremost public relations and brand communications firm, with support from some private and public institutions.

The statement quoted the inspector general of police as saying that the workshop was part of the reform agenda to reposition the force for effective performance in the face of growing security concerns in the country.

It added that the introduction of capacity building for the public relations department of the force would deepen confidence and strengthen relationship with the public as well as boost the corporate image of the police.

Gov. Godswill Akpabio, who was represented by his deputy, commended the force for its commitment to the security of the country and for improving the capacity of its personnel.

Akpabio noted that the workshop would impact positively on efficient service delivery of the force.

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NIGERIA: Where is our dad? Bamigbetan’s children ask sympathisers

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Children of the kidnapped Ejigbo Local Council Development Area chairman, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan now curious about the large crowd that mills around their house without their father among them are asking anyone that cares to listen about their father’s whereabouts.

According to a reliable family source, “the three children, two boys and a girl (names withheld) with the eldest being about 12 years old, have been suspicious of the high number of people who have been visiting the house since Tueday, prompting them to ask for their father.

“The children believe that their father, as a grassroots politician, used to receive the kind of crowd they see in recent times personally but with his absence, they have been demanding for his whereabouts.”

Also, when Vanguard visited the residence at 21, Ona-Iwa Mimo Street, early yesterday, sympathisers gathered in groups discussing the development in hushed tones.

Family, kidnappers negotiating ransom

Sources confided in Vanguard that the kidnappers have been negotiating the ransom, which they pegged originally at $1 million, with the family members towards possible release of the chairman.

Also the wife, Fatimah, is said to have declared indefinite fasting until her husband returns.

Orelope-Adefulire visits

Meantime, a high powered delegation from the state, led by the deputy governor, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has visited the family.

The deputy governor, during the visit, led a prayer session where God was sought to intervene in the matter.

Majority of the sympathizers who thronged the house expressed shock at the way the matter was turning, with residents and neighbours describing him as a gentleman who has done a lot for the local government.

“He is a man of the people; you can even see from his house that it’s not different from many others here,” said a resident, who pleaded anonymity.

At the local government secretariat, where he is chairman, the mood of the workers was pensive, while work has literally stopped as workers were seen discussing the incident in groups.

A prayer session was earlier observed by the council workers.

Sympathisers

Other sympathisers that visited the family, yesterday, included Akeem Munir, a lawmaker representing Isolo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives;  Omowunmi Edet, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly; Dele Alake, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; Ademorin Kuye, former member of House of Representatives; Jaiyeola Ajatta; Abdul Lateef AbdulHakeem; Mushin Local Government Chairman, Babatunde Adepitan; Egbe Idimu LCDA Chairman, Waheed Adebayo and his Odi-Olowo counterpart, Yemi Ali among others.

OPC has spread dragnet across S-West —Fasehun

Founder and President of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, yesterday, maintained that his group has spread its dragnet across the South-West states to locate Bamigbetan’s whereabouts.

In a telephone interview with Vanguard, Fasehun said since the incident happened, his group, as a defender of Yoruba nation, had taken it upon itself to see how the abducted local council boss would regain his freedom hale and hearty.

Fasehun who said he was out of town, noted that his group was doing what was necessary to ensure that Bamigbetan was released without being hurt by his abductors.

However, he said he could not disclose what exactly the OPC was doing to get Bamigbetan off the kidnappers hook.

He said:, “I am not in Lagos now. Definitely, I will get detailed field report tonight. I am expecting the field officers to update me with report tomorrow morning.

“Though, we are yet to get a specific report on the negotiation, but I believe by the grace of God, we will get somewhere soon.

“But the important thing I know is that he is alive. With the information that the abductors asked for ransom shows that the matter will be resolved soon. The field officers couldn’t have reported to me since I am not in Lagos and for your information, we don’t discuss this type of issues on the telephone. My assurance to you is that our people are working across the states of the South-West.

“OPC has spread its net beyond Lagos. I was surprised when I got to Ondo today (yesterday) when the people here are discussing the issue in their meeting. By the grace of God, we will succeed and he will be released” Fasehun said.

Lagos NUJ wants  unconditional release

Meantime, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Lagos State Council has called for Bamigbetan’s unconditional release.

The council chairman, Mr Deji Elumoye and Secretary, Mr Sylva Okereke, in a release, yesterday, expressed concern over the kidnap of Bamigbetan, wondering why the demand for a  ransom before his release

Describing Bamigbetan as a seasoned journalist and consummate politician, Lagos NUJ wondered about the level of insecurity in Lagos metropolis.

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Ondo Police parade 64 suspected criminals

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SUSPECTED kid-nappers of a woman said to be the wife of erstwhile Petroleum Minister, Professor Tam David West, Taye, and those who abducted the female broadcaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Mrs Bunmi Oke, were among the 64 suspects paraded, yesterday, by the police in Ondo State.

Parading the suspects in Akure, the Police Commissioner, Patrick Dukumor, said in all,  47 robbery suspects including a 300-level Accounting student of the University of Ado Ekiti, Oladejo Olalere, 22, and five cultists were arrested within the last two months.

“The kidnappers collected a ransom of N3 million from the families of the former minister’s wife while those of the NTA staff paid N1million before their relations were set free,” the CP said.

Giving details of how Taye was kidnapped, Dukumor said “Seven kidnappers invaded the residence of the former minister’s wife in Aiyedun area of Akure metropolis and abducted her but were arrested in Owo area of the state.

On the kidnap of the NTA staff, the Police chief said detectives traced the abductors to Edo State where one Michael Onaibre was arrested with the nursing mother’s blackberry phone.

While saying that other kidnappers still at large would soon be arrested, Dukumor added that those in police custody will soon be arraigned.

Dukumor added that 54 different types of arms and ammunition and four different types of vehicles were recovered from the suspects.

A Higher National Diploma, HND, holder, Akinjide Daniel, and two others who hacked into a bank’s website through which they sent fake bank alert to a car dealer from whom Daniel fraudulently purchased a car of N1.6 million in Akure was also paraded.

Akinjide who was later arrested in Lagos said he hacked into the bank’s website using his laptop.

The police commissioner said the suspected car snatchers among those paraded were arrested in Army barracks following a tip off that they used to drive the snatched cars there and after a week or so, drive them out to car dealers in others states.

According to Dukumor, “one Honda Accord car with number plate SQ147AAA was stolen from one Adebayo Oluwajemiluyi but later recovered after it had been re-painted and re-registered as  KSF154BC.

The Police chief said many of the snatched cars were sold to dealers who in turn sold them to unsuspecting buyers across the country.

He, however, assured that the war against crime and criminality in the state was a continuous process and required the collaborative efforts of all.

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State of Democracy in LGAs: Repairing the rot in Bayelsa

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The local government system in Bayelsa State was until recently a channel for the empowerment of the political class. The Seriake Dickson administration is promising to alter the structure and system, but it seems to be a difficult task!

Though the third tier of government as the name implies ought to have been an instrument for grassroots development but the reverse is the case in the predominantly riverine Bayelsa State where the local government councils over the years have turned out to be a platform for revenue sharing.

The third tier of government has not been truly felt in the rural enclaves of the state where the locals still look up to the oil companies operating in their domains and the state government for social amenities.

Elected representatives, especially the chairmen hardly stay in their respective councils with many operating from Yenagoa only to return to the council headquarters when their monthly federal allocation is ready for sharing.

It was to prevent this type of scenario that the first Bayelsa State House of Assembly passed the Bayelsa State Local Government Law 2000. The law aimed at checking the excesses of the powerful chairmen inevitably marked the beginning of the complete loss of independence at the third tier.

Aside the first set of council chairmen in the eight local government areas and councillors in the one hundred and five wards of the state elected in 1998, all succeeding council officials were foisted on the people by the incumbent governors.

Unlike the present scenario where the ruling party grabs all positions in every election leaving the opposition parties in the cold, the December 1998 election into the councils was keenly contested and healthy rivalry displayed by the parties.

The then All Peoples Party, APP, indeed won the Kolokuma-Opokuma local government council and also won councillorship seats in some of the council areas.

But the scenario, changed when the state government through the Peoples Democratic Party controlled state House of Assembly established the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission in 2004.

The creation of the commission and the composition of its members was vehemently opposed by the opposition parties which described it as an extension of the ruling PDP.

They argued that since the officials of the commission were PDP card carrying members there was no way the electoral body could conduct a free and fair election. True to the fears of the opposition parties, the election into the council conducted by the newly established Bayelsa Independent Electoral Commission saw the ruling party sweeping all positions.

The pattern continued under the Timipre Sylva administration where he not only appointed caretaker chairmen for the councils, but also ensured their metamorphosis into executive chairmen through council polls that were widely denounced by many stakeholders, including many from the ruling PDP.

This was the scenario when the Seriake Dickson administration came on board last year prompting the governor to approve the removal of the chairmen of Brass, Southern Ijaw, Sagbama, Ogbia and Ekeremor councils.

The governor, a trained lawyer and former member of the House of Representatives has defended his action insisting that he only acted on the recommendations of the state House of Assembly, which had earlier probed the financial transactions of the eight local government councils, following petitions of alleged financial misappropriation and maladministration of the councils.

For three weeks the chairmen were grilled by the legislators and some of them could not defend the expenditures they claimed to have made while others were unable to tender valid council documents requested by the legislators.

Some of the local government councils were also locked in crises involving the chairmen, vice chairmen and councillors over what an insider blamed on displeasure over sharing of councils’ monthly federal allocations.

Indications that Dickson would beam his searchlight on the councils emerged shortly his inauguration in February. Although he had consistently denied he was not behind the Assembly’s investigation of the chairmen, Dickson has never hidden his disapproval for the apparent rot in the local government system of the state.

Speaking few days before he implemented the findings and recommendations of the Assembly, Dickson had at the swearing-in of a commissioner, chairmen and members of statutory bodies, declared, “We are committed to a comprehensive reform of the local government system, a comprehensive reform of all sectors of our state.”

Lamenting the rot in the councils he said, “the local government system is nothing to write home about in this state, and we don’t need to make any pretence about it. As you know, the state House of Assembly, as a result of the problem in the local government system, has undertaken a comprehensive examination of all those who are entrusted with responsibility at that critical level.

At the swearing-in of the vice chairmen of the five suspended chairmen as the new helmsmen, the governor explained that the five former chairmen were removed from office “on account of gross misconduct in accordance with section 24 (6) of the Bayelsa State Local Government Law 2000 as amended.”

The governor charged the new council bosses to execute projects that would develop and impact positively on the lives of the people in their respective councils.

He urged them not to abuse the opportunity given to them, but serve the people effectively and turn around the fortunes of the councils just as he reminded them that a lot were expected from them as according to him the restoration agenda of his administration was aimed at ensuring that the people at the grassroots savoured the dividends of democracy.

Dickson reiterated that he did not arm-twist the lawmakers to investigate the financial and administrative activities of the local councils nor recommend the sack of the five chairmen because of their loyalty to former Governor Sylva.

Meanwhile, expectations are again high in the councils following the election of new chairmen and councilors to pilot the affairs of the council.

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Court orders 11 beggars to pay N1,000 fine each

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An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, imposed a N1,000 fine on each of the  11 beggars arraigned before it for  street begging.

The beggars were convicted on a one-count charge of street begging which the prosecution said contravened Section 4 of  the Kwara State Law, 2006.

According to the charge sheet, the convicts were arrested while wandering and begging for alms on an Ilorin street.

The accused persons pleaded guilty to the charge against them.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Funsho Zacheus, applied for summary trial of the beggars since they pleaded guilty.

Magistrate Nathaniel Ajide, in his judgment,  convicted the beggars as charged and ordered them to pay the N1,000 fine.

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Lagos sets new rule on transfer of students in public schools

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To provide quality education to residents, the Lagos State Government has set new rule for the transfer of students in public schools in the state. The state government has, therefore, stopped the transfer of students into junior secondary class two or senior secondary class two.

Giving reasons for the new rule, the Chairperson, State Universal Basic Education Board, Mrs. Gbolahan Daodu, at an interactive session with representatives of Head-teachers and Parents’ Forum of each public primary school in the state, said government is committed to providing quality education to students in the state, and the new rule would help achieve that.

“We had to stop the transfer of students from other schools, and outside the state, into JSS 2 and SS 2 because aside from compounding the infrastructural challenges we face, a lot of the parents falsify the documents they present to us.

“Some of the parents connive with the head-teachers of the schools and admit students who failed woefully in their former schools or have never been in secondary school into JSS1 or SS2. This negates the education policy thrust of this administration.”

She said for government to put a stop to the over-stretching of facilities beyond the number of students that can be accommodated in these schools, quality education is being provided to those that are already in JSS 1 and can be confidently promoted to the next class.

Pointing out that government is aware of the problems facing the provision of quality education in the state, the SUBEB boss said government is doing its best to address them one at a time.

“Government is prepared, ready and responsive to these challenges and is addressing them. We are appealing to all concerned to be patient with us because it would take some time before we get to our destination. If it is possible to know how many we are and how many more are joining us, it would help in addressing these problems.”

Speaking on the issue of increasing number of out-of-school-children in the state, which she attributed to child labour, Daodu called on all parents and guardians who have employed the services of house-helps to endeavour to send them to school, which is free in the state.

“Once the UBE policy, which would make education free and compulsory, is signed into law, I don’t see any reason why parents won’t want to send their wards or house-helps to school because what is required is just a few support for the children.”

Pointing out that this administration is committed to providing quality education to its teeming populace, Daodu stressed on the need for teachers and head-teachers to seek additional knowledge, whether government is sponsoring them or not.

“Effective teaching is taken seriously by this government and a lot of money is being spent on the training and re-training of teachers in the state. We are appealing to the teachers that have partaken in the training programmes to impart what they have learnt to their students. “Aside the training programmes being organised by government, teachers and head-teachers should make the conscious effort to seek additional knowledge through seminars and training programmes on their own account.”

Welcoming the delegates to the interactive session, SUBEB Board Secretary, Mrs. Titilola Oluseye, said education is the pivot of development in any nation, and Lagos State is making giant strides in the education sector through the provision of textbooks, learning and reading materials, among others, for the students and teachers.

Appreciating the efforts of government in the education sector, Chief Babatunde Beblee, who spoke on behalf of the parents, called on government to come to their aid by re-building the decayed LA Nursery & Primary School, Ibeche, Seabeach, Amuwo Odofin.

“Though we are appealing to our members to understand the plight of government, but we don’t have a school building and our children are using the Apostolic Church building.”

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