The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its earlier pronouncement that all public and private schools in Lagos State below tertiary level should resume on Monday, 18th January, 2021 for the second term 2020/2021 academic session. @jidesanwoolu@lasgeducation@hc_education #LASG
The Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, who disclosed this today in Ikeja, noted the directive is in line with the Federal Government’s resolution after reaching a consensus with relevant stakeholders. @jidesanwoolu@hc_education@lasgeducation #LASG
Adefisayo urged all students and members of staff to stay safe and adhere to COVID-19 guidelines, adding that proprietors must provide soap, wash hand basins, alcohol-based hand sanitisers, thermometers and other essential items in public and private schools across the State.
While wishing both students and staff of the schools a happy and successful new academic term, she stressed that washing of hands, wearing of face masks and maintenance of physical distancing must be adhered to in order to avoid further spread of the virus. #LASG#Covid19LASG
She maintained that administrators of both public and private schools are expected to ensure full compliance with the guidelines for schools’ re-opening as the State's Office of Education Quality Assurance team will monitor situations in all schools across the State. #LASG
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The General Hospital, Ijede, has refuted the rumour being circulated on some social media platforms that the facility has been shut down because its staff have been infected with COVID-19, saying that the viral post is totally untrue and fabricated.@jidesanwoolu@drobafemihamzat
A statement issued today by the Office of the Medical Director/CEO, General Hospital, Ijede, Dr. (Mrs.) Olufunmilayo Bankole, noted that the facility has not been shut down and that all medical staff have been operating 24-hour service even before the beginning... @gbenga_omo
...of the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic in the State. She implored the general public, especially residents of Ijede Community, to disregard the misinformation contained in the viral post, describing it as malicious and deceitful with the sole intent...
The @lagosmot18 has announced plans to temporarily close Apapa Dockyard Road from 5:00 pm on Sunday, 17th January to 5:00 am on Sunday, 24th January 2021 for construction works in continuation of the Nigerian Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan). @jidesanwoolu
A statement signed by the H.C for Transportation,@dr_oladeinde on Friday explained that the tracks of the standard and narrow gauge lines will be laid during the temporary closure,adding that this will allow the contractors to work without any interruptions to meet set deadlines.
He advised motorists heading towards Naval Dockyard from Ajegunle to go through Marine Bridge to link Ijora Bridge and descend to Under Bridge (Ijora 7up) to connect through Forte Oil/Conoil Depot to the Western Naval Gate, while those coming from Ijora Olopa are to link Ijora...
In preparation for the deployment of e-Procurement Solution Modules to the procurement processes of 20 additional Ministries, Departments and Agencies, the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency has organised a two-day training programme for Officers in the affected MDAs. #LASG
Addressing participants at the event which was held at @PSSDCInfo, Lagos, the General Manager of @Lsppagovng1, Mr. Fatai Idowu Onafowote, charged Procurement Officers to rededicate themselves to duty so that they could serve as agents of positive change in their various MDAs.
The General Manager also revealed that before the middle of this year, at least half of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the State Government would have joined the e-Procurement platform. @jidesanwoolu@Lsppagovng1 #LASG#ForAGreaterLagos
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), in collaboration with Artswax Communications and other art enthusiasts, has launched the first edition of the Lagos Schools Poetry Festival tagged “Eko 200 Poems: An Anthology of Nursery Rhymes”. @jidesanwoolu@lagossubeb
The Executive Chairman of the LASUBEB, Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King, said that the festival is part of the efforts by LASG to provide an all-round education that will advance the three domains of learning, namely the Cognitive, the Affective, and the Psychomotor of every pupil in Lagos
The LASUBEB Chairman explained that the poetry festival aims to birth literary discussions in public schools and encourage creative thinking towards the production of beautiful rhythmic nursery renditions that will reflect our local values and characters. #LASG#ForAGreaterLagos
Lagos State Health Service Commission, on Tuesday, held a virtual induction training programme geared towards educating over 700 newly recruited healthcare workers on Ethics and Ethos guiding the Public Service. @jidesanwoolu@drobafemihamzat@gbenga_omo #LASG#ForAGreaterLagos
Speaking during the virtual programme held at the Lagos Island Maternity Training centre, the Commission's PS, Dr. Benjamin Eniayewun, charged the inductees to dedicate themselves to service delivery devoid of inimical activities detrimental to Public Service order. #LASG
He said, "COVID -19 crippling effects have so far truncated basic practices to 'new-normal' operational methods of job execution. Hence, l urge you all to keep up with the tide expected of your professional proficiency for qualitative delivery". #ForAGreaterLagos#Covid19LASG
@lagossubeb, in collaboration with Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has organised a five-day training for Headteachers and Support Officers of some selected Public Primary Schools on a model to ensure improved pedagogy and effective management in the schools. #LASG
The training, which commenced on January 5, 2021, at six centres across the State, is aimed at improving on the former "cascade model" which used the train-the-trainer approach where only the headteachers of schools were trained in order to cascade the training to other teachers.
Speaking at a workshop recently organised by UBEC to empower teachers in the Lagos State Primary Education sector, the Executive Chairman of LASUBEB, Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King, disclosed that the school-based model will upscale teaching and learning in public primary schools. #LASG