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  • Bayode sets new Guinness World Record in reading

    Bayode sets new Guinness World Record in reading

    A 40-year-old Nigerian, Bayode Treasure Olawunmi, who few days ago set himself on a reading spree to break the World Guinness Book of Records mark for the “Longest Marathon Reading Aloud” Category has finally done it.

    The book enthusiast and proud father of three children, logged 120 hours at 3:30 pm today at the YouRead Library Yaba in Lagos, Nigeria.

    His amazing record outpaced that of his predecessor – Deepak Sharma Bajagain from Nepal, who had 113 hours 15 minutes in 2008.

    Bajagain’s book reading began on September 19 and ended on September 24, 2008. In accomplishing this, he recited 17 different books from 13 authors during his record attempt.

    However, the latest world champion, Bayode, started his reading at 1:30 pm on Monday, February 26, 2018 and ended 3:30 pm on Saturday. This made it five days and two hours of marathon reading.

    To show his excitement at his world record, Bayode took to his Facebook page to announce his feat. This is what he had to say:

    “Hello everybody, something just happened right now! My name is Bayode Treasures Olubunmi (Olawunmi) – I have just finished reading aloud for 120 hours non-stop!

    I did it for the CULTURE!”.

    The Osun State Polytechnic alumni whose persistence and determination to follow through on his dream to was palpable was obvious and palpable  before and during the reading foray

    In a Twitter post he said: “I have always loved to read good materials right from when I was in secondary school. I am doing this for the youths.”

    Special Adviser to the Lagos state governor on Education, Obafela Bank-Olemoh expressed his joy at Bayode’s accomplishment, and said that he has been taken to a location where he will recuperate before meeting with His Excellency, the executive governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode.

    Bayode is definite a great beacon light of hope and inspiration to this generation. Nigeria, Africa and the world needs more readers and thinkers to move the wheels of innovations and development.

  • Lagos to shut unregistered tutorial centres

    Lagos to shut unregistered tutorial centres

    The Lagos State Ministry of Education through the Agency for Mass Education will commence shutdown of all unregistered Tutorial and Continuing Education Centres (CECs) in Lagos State form Monday next week.

    Special Adviser to Governor Akinwumi Ambode on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh said in a statement that the closure‎ was based on the refusal of some operators of Tutorial and Continuing Education Centres to comply with the government’s directive to the centres to register and pay their annual dues after several notices.

    Last September 26, Bank-Olemoh suspended a decision to clamp down on such centres after a closed door meeting with some stakeholders. During the meeting, Bank-Olemoh reiterated  Governor Ambode’s directive on standardizing the educational sector in line with international best practices.

    The stakeholders had agreed to cooperate with the government, promising to maintain high level of professionalism and standards.

    The state is carrying out the exercise in line with Edict No 2, Section 4.3 of 1991 that mandates the Agency to control the activities of all Tutorial and Continuing Education Centres in the State.

    The Special Adviser said: “Lagos residents enroll in these tutorial centres and as government; we must ensure that quality service is delivered to our people. We must set standards and enforce it.”

    The statement urged operators of tutorial and Continuing Education centres across the state to get registered with the Agency for Mass Education and pay up all stipulated dues to avoid being shut down.

     

  • Nigeria overdue for restructuring, says Oke

    Chief Joseph Oke, immediate past Chairman, Leventis Group, on Tuesday said that Nigeria was overdue for restructuring.

    Oke spoke during the annual Discovery Lecture series at the Lagos State University (LASU) titled“Can Nigeria survive another century as a corporate entity?’’

    He said that the union could continue for the next one thousand years, but the action or inaction of the government, as well as restructuring, had roles to play in determining this.

    According to him, necessary steps must be taken to prevent it from going the other way.

    Oke said that the present arrangement was lopsided with too much power given to both the Federal and State governments.

    “The Local Government Council, which is the third tier and closest to the grassroots, is a marginalised government.

    “The interest of all minority groups and the issue of derivation must also be addressed.

    “The federation must be restructured to devolve more powers to the states, which must include policing, education, health, road network and security,” he said.

    According to him, if all these are in place, the country will remain as a corporate entity because the grassroots will feel the impact of governance.

    Oke also emphasised the need to diversify from petroleum to areas such as agriculture and agro-based industries, mining, among others.

    He said that government should be consistent in their policies, which should be geared toward improving the lives of the people, while corruption must be eliminated.

    The guest speaker also urged the leaders to be close to the people because it would help to douse the apprehension of the latter.

    He said that the future of the country was in the hands of the people and it has the potential of being great.

    Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State commended the institution for the intellectual activity.

    Ambode, represented by the Special Adviser on Education, Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh, said the country was at a cross road where issues that separate people in the country should be addressed.

    The governor said that no one was interested in the disintegration of the country and such lectures were timely and necessary.

  • Lagos to upgrade 21 school libraries

    The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it had concluded plans to upgrade 21 secondary school libraries across all the six educational districts in the state.

    The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, said in a statement that the libraries would be upgraded by the end of this year.

    Bank-Olemoh also announced the commencement of the State Digital Library project.

    According to him, the state government’s Private-Public-Partnership initiative tagged: Adopt-A-Library, was geared toward transforming the state public libraries into modern, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-enhanced knowledge centres.

    He said the Ipaja public library had been upgraded, while the Ilupeju public library was recently upgraded by Custodian & Allied Insurance Company Limited.

    The Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba, is currently under renovation by Guaranty Trust Bank.

    Bank-Olemoh said the libraries and ICT centres at Ireti and Falomo Secondary Schools were recently upgraded by ARM Pensions, while Citibank also upgraded the library facility at Government Senior Secondary School, Victoria Island.

    He also the PricewaterhouseCoopers and Leadway Assurance had committed to adopting school libraries in Victoria Island and Surulere, respectively.

    Bank-Olemoh said the digital library project was in line with the vision of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to provide unlimited access to knowledge for all, through the collection and curation of digital content through an online portal, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

    The portal, according to him, would be accessible via an internet connection on a range of devices including desktop computers to feature phones.

    He said the content would include E-books on numerous topics, 1,600 videos covering English, Mathematics and Sciences for all classes and 2,000 study aids in key subject areas for secondary school subjects.