Lagos state government Tuesday said over 4,000 classrooms in public primary and secondary schools in the state have so far been rehabilitated during the tenure of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Chairman, Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools
(SCRPS), Hakeem Smith, stated this during a media chat. He chronicled the achievements of the body under the Governor Sanwo-Olu-led administration.
It would be recalled that SCRPS was re-inaugurated in November 4, 2019 by Governor Sanwo-Olu to address the decay in infrastructure in public schools in Lagos.
Speaking at the press conference held at Alausa, Ikeja, and attended by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Ali-Balogun; his Information and Strategy counterpart, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, among others, Smith said Governor Sanwo-Olu re-inaugurated SCPPS few months after assumption of office to continue the public school’s infrastructural renewal drive with clear terms of reference.
Hr said the mandate given to the committee includes rehabilitation of dilapidated structures in Lagos public schools; construction of new classroom blocks, where there are shortfalls of classrooms in the public schools; construction of recreational facilities in schools with land availability; and provision of principals, teachers and students’ furniture.
“Since inauguration, SCRPS has been able to rehabilitate 386 blocks of classrooms in both primary and secondary schools in Lagos state. This rehabilitation work is spread across the six education districts in the state.
“About 1,290 classrooms blocks have been constructed across the six education districts of the state, while a lot of work is currently on-going,” he said.
While expressing Governor Sanwo-Olu’s passionate commitment to education sector in the state by ensuring that a strong foundation was laid for the next generation of Nigeria leaders, Smith stated that beginning from Wednesday, the governor would flag-off the official commissioning of 16 blocks of classrooms in some of the public schools spread across the six education districts in the state.