28th September, 2010
Principals in Lagos State, South West, Nigeria have backed Governor Babatunde Fashola for a second term in office, saying the governor has done a lot in transforming the education sector of the state.
The principals, under the aegis of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, ANCOPSS, Lagos State branch, said the governor deserved a second term for spearheading the revival of public secondary schools across the state.
President of ANCOPSS, Mr. Albert Phillips, spoke yesterday when he led a standing committee of ANCOPSS to visit the Chairman, Lagos State Technical Vocational Education Board, LASTVEB, Mrs. Adeyinka Oyemade at the Old Secretariat, Ikeja.
According to Phillips, ANCOPSS, had no choice than to back a governor who had taken public secondary schools in the state out of the doldrums, adding that several teachers had been retrained home and abroad.
He said that the billion naira Lagos State Eko Project, in which the state is partnering with the World Bank to revamp education in the state was a testimony of the achievements of Fashola in office as well as building new schools with modern laboratories.
The ANCOPSS president stated that the governor had been able to provide free textbooks to students and pupils in all public schools in order to raise education in the state to the next level.
“He has been able to build on his predecessor’s achievements. We are in support of a second term for him. He has done very well,†he said.
On hooliganism, he said the schools authority was addressing it through education and enlightenment of the students and letting them know the consequences of their action.
LASTVEB Chairman, Oyemade commended Fashola and the Deputy Governor, Princess Sarah Sosan for changing the face of education in Lagos.
Tutor-General, Education District VI, Mrs Foluso Ogunlana added that technical education served as a bridge between professors and lecturers in the university, saying that they knew how important practical were in building the lives of students.
—Kazeem Ugbodaga