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  • Lagos schools resume April 11

    Lagos schools resume April 11

    Schools in Lagos State will resume the third term academic session as
    scheduled on Monday,April, 11.

    Deputy Governor of the State, Dr. Idiat Adebule stated this following speculations that the resumption date has been postponed.

    While noting that the Ministry recognise the stress associated with the current fuel scarcity and its attendant consequences, She said higher premium must
    be placed on the development of the leaders of tomorrow.

    She therefore appealed to parents to look beyond the present situation and
    encourage the children to face their future with renewed vigour as the call
    for a shift in the resumption date will only distort the academic calendar.

    She urged proprietors of Private Schools, Head Teachers/ Principals of
    public schools to do everything humanly possible to see that the school
    calendar runs smoothly.

  • Adebule condoles with Mobolaji Johnson over wife’s death

    Adebule condoles with Mobolaji Johnson over wife’s death

    Lagos State Deputy Governor r Idiat Oluranti Adebule yesterday described the late Mrs Funmilayo Mobolaji-Johnson as a dedicated, pious and selfless woman.

    Mrs Mbolaji-Johnson, wife of Brig-Gen Mobolaji Johnson, former military governor of the state, died last Saturday. She was 76.

    Mrs Adebule, who was received by the children and family members, at their Ilupeju, Lagos home, said the late Mrs Mobolaji Johnson used her position to impact on the lives of others, especially the less privileged.

    Urging the widower to take heart, she said the deceased’s legacy of uprightness, faithfulness, honesty and commitment to a just society is a consolation that she did not die in vain.

    She said: “The state lost a selfless individual, a pillar of support and a mother who has been a source of inspiration to all of us; we are all going to miss her dearly.”

  • Adebule to Nigerians: join anti-corruption crusade

    Adebule to Nigerians: join anti-corruption crusade

    •Ambode’s wife: ‘Nigeria will be better’

    Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr Idiat Adebule, the governor’s wife, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, and Iyalode of Lagos, Hajia Bintu-Fatima Tinubu yesterday urged Nigerians to join President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s anti-corruption crusade.

    The trio said corruption must be fought for the nation to progress.

    They spoke at the 2016 Prayer for the Nation organised by the Hajia Tinubu-led Fatimah Charity Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.

    Mrs Adebule urged market men and women to shun corrupt practices.

    “If you are reducing measurement to make more profit, that is corruption. If you short-change your customers under whatever guise, that is corruption. So, we shouldn’t focus on politicians and people in government alone and castigate them, let’s look inward and correct our sharp practices to collectively erase the scourge in our society,” she said.

    The deputy governor represented by an ex-banker, Alhaja Fatimat Oyefeso, said nation deserves the leadership she gets, urging parents to nurture their children to be good leaders.

    Mrs Ambode identified prayer as the key to solving the country’s challenges.

    She said an anti-corruption leadership in Nigeria as it is now, would restore the country’s dignity, fix infrastructure, create employment and make life better for all.

    Praising the Fatimah Charity Foundation for its commitment to championing national rebirth, Mrs Ambode urged Nigerians, to see beyond the current socio-economic challenges and be hopeful of a glorious future.

    Hajia Tinubu urged the citizenery not to despair despite challenges, stressing that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

    “We are very much aware of the challenges facing our nation today, but remarkably, as a people, we are resolute never to give up. It is inspiring that amidst difficulties and growing anxiety over its future, we have refused not to succumb to despair because there is light at the end of the tunnel,” she said

    The Iyalode of Lagos urged the gathering to play their part in rebuiding Nigeria.

    “We need to realise that leadership starts with each and every one of us. We must make a concerted effort in trying to rebuild our broken down value systems, re-establish and clearly define our moral obligations to our families and the nation,” she said.

    Speaking on the topic, “The Benefits of Anti-corruption Leadership in Nigeria”, Lagos State commissioner for Home Affairs and guest speaker Dr Abdul Hakeem Abdul Lateef enjoined the three arms of government and the public, to participate in the crusade against corruption.

    He listed leadership by example, good parenthood, proper child up-bringing, and recognising religious leaders as development leaders, as necessary steps towards ending corruption.

     

  • I am not a teacher by accident, says Adebule

    The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Oluranti Adebule, has said that if given another opportunity, she would love to be a teacher.

    According to her, her choice for the chalk profession was by no means accidental, as against general perception of many, who saw teaching as the last resort.

    “I am a proud teacher; I chose the profession because of my love for it. I opted for it, it was not by accident,” Adebule said.

    Adebule made the submission at the annual state congress of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Lagos State branch, which held at the Adeyemi Bero Hall, Alausa.

    She added that for her and others, who share same passion for the job, it has always been a success story.

    Nonetheless she urged ANCOPSS to be good school managers as lives are being entrusted in their care.

    “The educational system, comprising the government, school managers and teachers, learners and the society is like a chain whose strength is equal to that of its weakest link. You are all important part of this chain and you cannot afford to be the weak link,” Adebule added.

    Adebule also commended the Principals of Somori Grammar School and Ifako Comprehensive High School, whose schools she visited recently and was proud of managerial duties entrusted into their care.

    In the same vein, the Guest Speaker, Dr Victor Lasebikan, spoke on the Theme: “Information Technology: Tool for global change in effective teaching and learning in the 21st Century.”

    He said the advent of ICT has brought a new challenge to the educators as they are now faced with a generation, who are globally aware, self directed and problem solvers.

     

  • Untidy schools’ environment shocks Adebule

    Untidy schools’ environment shocks Adebule

    •Head teachers get clean-up order

    LAGOS State Deputy Governor Dr Idiat Adebule yesterday criticised some schools for their untidy environment, warning them to sit up or face sanction.

    Dr Adebule, who doubles as the Education Commissioner, was shocked by the schools’ dirty physical infrastructure and environment.

    She urged the head teachers and principals to be diligent and see to the schools’ improved learning condition.

    Mrs Adebule spoke during inspection of 11 public schools in Agege and Ifako – Ijaiye Local government areas with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs Olabisi Ariyo.

    She condemned the head teachers of All Saints Primary, Holy Trinity Primary and Bishop Oluwole Memorial Primary schools’ which share the same compound, for their unkept environment.

    While giving them 24hours to clear the nuisance, Mrs Adebule warned that the government would discipline any school head whose conduct is not in consonance with the present administration’s vision.

    At Ogba Estate Primary and Ogba Primary schools, the deputy governor warned the Assistant head teachers to clean their environment or be sanctioned.

    No meaningful learning can take place in a dirty environment, she said.

    Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration, she said, would improve infrastructure in schools where necessary, adding that the ongoing solar energy project in public schools will continue.

    According to her, over 100 schools have benefited from the solar energy project, which the government is determined to complete within the shortest possible time

    She said: ”I am not happy with the state of some schools and it is because there are no consequences for such negligible act by head teachers, principals and teachers. You can see some school environment so dirty and bushy, the classrooms and toilets are in bad shape, some were rowdy and noisy even when teachers were there.

    ”These school managers are seeing the schools as government properties and have refused to take ownership of these schools. Public school managers should imbibe maintenance culture, as this would make the schools comfortable, inhabitable and conducive for learning.”

    Highlight of the visit was her teaching of Primary II pupils of Ahmad Memorial and Muslim Primary School, Agege. Mrs Adebule was cheered by the teachers and pupils for her actiion.

  • Participate more in govt, Adebule tells women

    Participate more in govt, Adebule tells women

    Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr Idiat Adebule yesterday urged women to participate in government to promote the ideals of sustainable democratic practices and values.

    Dr Adebule spoke at the opening of ‘’Women in Government’’ conference organised by the Department for International Development (DFID), South-West Region.

    The conference was put together in collaboration with the Office of the Deputy Governor.

    She said such participation was the prerequisite for achieving political, social, economic, cultural and environmental security in Nigeria.

    Dr Adebule said: “The 35 per cent slot for women participation in government is something that we as women must all strive to ensure that we meet up with.

    “Majority of women is looking for appointments but we should work toward getting elective positions because it is only there that there is opportunity to advocate the course of women and the girl-child. The attitude of shying away from taking up elective positions cannot take us anywhere. Women should be bold, educated, and supportive and have the confidence and add values to them.

    “It is when we do all these that the men folk will begin to take us serious and give us the chance to showcase our potential.”

    In a keynote address entitled Empowering Women for Political Participation, Senator Oluremi Tinubu decried the under representation of women in politics and governance.

    Tinubu said the society had yet to create an energetic and stereotype-free political space for women to enable them to participate actively in politics.

    She urged women to work together to achieve a collective empowerment in the face of a male-dominated society.

    Tinubu said: “We need increased participation that represents our population in politics, to enable us feel more relevant as productive members of the society.

    “If we want to make the 21 century the woman’s century, we cannot wait to be called ‘leaders’, we must naturally embrace that role”.

    Mrs Bisi Fayemi, wife of the former governor of Ekiti State, urged women in leadership positions to develop an agenda for change by making a positive difference.

    Mrs Fayemi also canvassed a constitution with affirmative action and quota for women to stipulate their positions, needs and concerns.

    “If you are incapable of serving and supporting other women and unable to leave an identifiable legacy behind when your time is done, you have wasted that space and it will be more difficult for another woman to be considered, ‘’ she said.

    Dr Adesina Fagbenro, Regional Coordinator of DFID in the South-West, said that democracy without the full participation of women was a contradiction.

    Fagbenro said that women’s participation in civil society and government decision making was fundamental to inclusive governance without which good governance was possible.

    “No country can progress or prosper if half of its citizens are left behind or treated as mere subject of the realm.

    “Progress for women and progress for democracy go hand-in-hand toward sustainable development.

    “If government is to meet the needs of both men and women, it must build on the experiences of both genders,” he said.

  • Deputy Governor greets Muslims

    Deputy Governor greets Muslims

    Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr Idiat Adebule yesterday wished Muslims a spiritually fulfilling, joyful and peaceful Sallah.

    Adebule urged Lagosians to emulate Prophet Muhammed by spreading the message of love and peaceful coexistence.

    “Lagosians and indeed Nigerians should shun violence and rededicate themselves to building a new Nigeria as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari,” she said.

    Lagos, she said, will continue to grow from strength to strength “with the purposeful leadership of our hardworking Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode who appreciates the support his administration has enjoyed from the good people of the state.”

  • Adebule, others celebrate Erogbogbo at retirement

    Adebule, others celebrate Erogbogbo at retirement

    Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule was all smiles as she launched into a Yoruba song: Ma f’owo teacher se oun re re, ma fi ko le, ma fi ra moto, ma fi ran omo ni ilu oyinbo, ma fowo teacher se oun rere … (I will use my proceeds as a teacher to acquire good things; build houses, buy cars, send children to study overseas and accomplish other good things…).

    Others at the event quickly ‘hijacked’ the song complementing same with some gentle dance steps. It was all at the send off for the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mrs Folashade Erogbogbo.

    Mrs Adebule paid her dues as a lecturer at the Lagos State University (LASU)  before joining the political fray and eventually becoming the number two in the state. She must have nursed similar hope for Mrs  Erogbogbo during the latter’s last day in office.

    Mrs Erogbogbo was a force, who got the job done, regardless of the challenges, while serving as the helmsman of the Lagos State ministry of education.

    More songs poured in by friends, former subordinates and other well-wishers in appreciation of Mrs Erogbogbo’s charismatic leadership.

    “You succeeded in fostering good relationships with all the staff creating an atmosphere of peace and harmony is commendable. We are proud of you,“ said Mrs Adebule, who also chaired the event.

    She described the celebrator as an amiable, hardworking, loyal, dedicated, diligent, reliable, responsible, efficient and committed civil servant.

    The deputy governor advised the retiree to use her knowledge and wealth of experience for the good of the state, and exercise regularly to have a healthy life.

    Former commissioner for education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, who worked with Mrs Erogbogbo, described her as compassionate, highly cerebral, reliable and competent.

    “When you give her assignment, you can go to sleep,” Mrs Oladunjoye said.

    Personal Assistant to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Oladehinde Sheleru, described his former boss as a workaholic who  took education issues seriously.

    “She never took her job with levity. She resumes before 8am and leaves work as late as 7pm sometimes. She is a very hardworking and generous woman, always willing to lend a helping hand, despite her busy schedule and high status,” Sheleru recalled.

    In her response, Erogbogbo described her experience in service as being full of challenges, but which she overcame by faith.

    She advised her former colleagues  never to reject a posting, but strive to make a difference always.

    “In my 33 years of service,” Erogbogbo recounted, “there’s just one point I want to draw attention to, particularly to my colleagues in the service and junior ones: ‘Don’t ever refuse a posting. You never can tell where your glory is. Experience has taught me that wherever you are, with faith, the Lord will bless you.”

    She thanked the government for the opportunity given her to serve and contribute her quota to the development of Lagos state.

    The ceremony, which was anchored by popular Comedian Tee.A, was heralded by dance and choral renditions, cultural displays, among other festivities.

     

  • Adebule to women: be change agents

    Adebule to women: be change agents

    Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr Idiat Adebule has urged Muslim women to be a source of inspiration to others.

    Speaking at the closing of the 16th Annual Women’s Week of Nasrul-lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT) yesterday, she urged them to pass whatever knowledge they have onto others.

    She said: “Wherever we are, whatever we do, and at whatever level, we should pass the knowledge we have to somebody. There are so many women out there who want to do well but they are looking for somebody to motivate and inspire them. That is what we should all aspire to be for other women.”

    She hailed NASFAT for empowering women with skill acquisition.

    “Let me commend NASFAT for focusing on training the women on how best they can be useful to themselves. That is very important because it is only when we do that that we can have a good society. We all must try to learn one skill or another so that we can be useful to ourselves. And here (NASFAT), they are not just training the women; they are empowering them to be useful in the society. And of course, it is only when they are economically empowered that they can do better for themselves and their children,” she said.

    She urged women who have acquired skills to teach others.