{"id":11504,"date":"2017-03-14T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=11504"},"modified":"2017-03-14T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T16:39:15","slug":"lagos-needs-n60bn-to-revamp-public-schools-says-ambode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/lagos-needs-n60bn-to-revamp-public-schools-says-ambode\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Needs N60bn TO Revamp Public Schools, Says Ambode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tayo Olanipekun<\/p>\n

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said his administration would require about N60billion to give public schools in the state a befitting facelift as well as set up new schools, especially in the riverine areas.<\/p>\n

The Governor, who stated this on today, said though his administration had spent about N10billion in the last 22 months to boost the quality of education in the State, there was still a lot to be done in the sector.<\/p>\n

He said the State Government carried out a study last year on the interventions needed in public schools and the construction of new ones, assuring that the funds set aside in the 2017 budget for education would be judiciously put to good use.<\/p>\n

“The result showed that we need about N60billion to put our schools together. But we have started the massive rehabilitation of our schools last year and you can go round to confirm. We expended about N10billion trying to put the worst set of schools back in place.<\/p>\n

“This year, a major intervention is also going to take place from our budget to see that at least, let the existing schools even compete favourably with the private sector schools. That is the whole idea. I went to a public school and I must give back.<\/p>

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“Then, some of our riverine areas don\u2019t really have schools. If you go to Ilaje and other places, there are no schools there and you see people taking canoes to go to school. So, that intervention is what we are also doing this year to see that there is continuous capital expenditure in public schools,\u201d Governor Ambode said.<\/p>\n

He said over 2,300 qualified teachers have also been employed and posted across the various primary and secondary schools in the State to improve the performance of students, which according to him is already yielding results.<\/p>\n

Explaining the delay in the take off for the A-Meal-A-Day programme, the Governor said his administration was working towards a sustainable plan for the programme to cater for the eventual take off.<\/p>\n

He said that since the programme was a combination of resources from the Federal Government in partnership with State Governments, it was pertinent that the necessary funds to be provided to prevent hiccups after the take off was in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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