Teachers in secondary schools in the Lagos East Senatorial District, who have completed training in modern inquiry based teaching techniques, and secondary school pupils who have completed training in physical computing, as part of their Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum at the Senator Abiru Innovation Lab (SAIL), graduated in Lagos at the weekend.
Dignitaries, including Education Commissioner Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo hailed the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Adetokunbo Abiru, on the SAIL project.
Abiru, who was elated by the impact the SAIL programmes had on participants, said he was executing the mandate entrusted to him under three pillars, namely Legislative Role, Empowerment/Facilitation and Endowment.
He said the SAIL project, which was an initiative of his foundation, Tokunbo Abiru Constituency Team (TACT) Foundation, was under his endowment pillar.
SAIL is a first-of-its-kind innovation space in the Lagos East Senatorial District set up in partnership with a renowned technology and social enterprise company, the Co-creation Hub (Cc-HUB), in Lagos to train youths in the senatorial district in relevant digital and innovation skills and build the best entrepreneurs that can compete in the ever-dynamic global economy, Mr. Enitan Olukotun, the media aide to Senator Abiru, said.
Abiru said: “I am happy to report that in the last 19 months I have been given the mandate to represent the people of Lagos East, I have been able to live up to expectations in the roles I have set up for myself.”