Gov Sanwo-Olu Grants Scholarships to Two Out-of-School Girls He Saw by the Roadside in Lagos
- Luck smiled on two young girls in Lagos state as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's convoy accosted them
- The governor who was shocked that the little girls were fetching water during school hours made inquiries as to why they were on the road
- The girls revealed their parents were not financially buoyant enough to send them to school prompting the governor to immediately place them on scholarship
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Lagos - Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday, February 3 gave hope to two out-of-school girls he met on his way to official duty.
This was revealed by his spokesman, Gboyega Akosile, in a post seen by Legit.ng on his Facebook page.
Source: Facebook
Akosile wrote:
“The governor was heartbroken to see the girls on the road during school hours, with buckets on their heads, stopped his convoy, inquired why they were not in school. They told him their parents couldn't afford tuition fees.
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“He found who their parents were and promised to take over the full responsibility of the girls' upbringing and education.”
How Governor Sanwo-Olu built a state-of-the-art school in Lagos state
In December 2021, Governor Sanwo-Olu commissioned a new secondary school in Lagos named Elemoro Community Junior Secondary School in Ibeju local government area of the state.
Described as a state-of-the-art edifice, the school has an 18-classroom block, 12 standard classrooms, a football pitch, a studio for arts and music, a science laboratory, etc
Governor Sanwo-Olu said he built the school to ensure that pupils from the community no longer have to walk long-distance before they have access to education.
Issue a circular on hijab, MURIC tells Lagos state government
Meanwhile, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has reached out to the Lagos government, demanding the issuance of a circular on the permissibility of using hijab in public schools in the state.
The demand was made in a statement by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Tuesday, December 21, 2021.
MURIC hinged its request on incidents in the state’s public schools in which some teachers allegedly maltreated female Muslim students who use hijab.
Source: Legit.ng
