Ambode Earmarks n1bn For Schools’ Renovation

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said his administration has earmarked over N1billion for renovation and supply of furnitures and education materials across all secondary schools in the state. The Governor, who reiterated the determination of his administration to invest

 massively in educational sector, said 1, 300 teachers from thousands of persons who applied last month will soon be employed to teach in the primary schools in the state. Governor Ambode, who spoke in Ilara-Epe while inaugurating Augustine University, a private university owned by the
Catholic Church, also assured of plans of his administration to resolve the lingering crisis in the Lagos State University (LASU).He said the need to resolve the crisis in the institution prompted the inauguration of new Governing Councils for the institution and other tertiary institutions in the state.Appreciating the Catholic Church for the project, Governor Ambode said the best way to prepare for change whether positive or negative is to anticipate and manage it.“From my exposures, I have come to the conclusion that there is no greater form of preparation to manage change than through education”. “There is no greater investment that the individual parent can make than investment in education of highest possible quality”, he said.The Governor said that considering the population of Lagos State which is about 20 million, 60 percent of which are people below 35, the State is seriously in need of institutions of learning, adding that the establishment of Augustine University, which brings the number of privately owned universities in the state to four and six universities in all, was a welcome development.Earlier, in his pre-inaugural briefing, Archbishop of Lagos Catholic Archdiocese, His Eminence Adewale Martins, said the idea to establish the university was muted seven years ago with the laudable goal of taking Catholic education to the next level in Nigeria.