Yesterday, Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu honoured 13 Outstanding Teachers with car gifts at the Year 2020 Lagos State Teachers Merit Award today at the Lagos House, Ikeja.
Thirteen teachers and school administrators got a brand new car each from the Governor at the Year 2020 Teachers’ Merit Award organised by the Ministry of Education.
The awardees were part of the finalists nominated for the grand prize by the Screening Committee led by the chairperson of Association of Private Educators in Nigeria, Mrs. Lai Koiki.
The merit award is an initiative of the @jidesanwoolu administration to reward teachers’ commitment and excellent service to boost delivery of quality education in the State.
Over 3,700 applications were reviewed by the screening committee; 23 teachers and school administrators made it to the final stage. They were adjudged to be passionate, visionary, and adept in modern teaching techniques.
Governor @jidesanwoolu said the merit award was institutionalised in fulfillment of his pledge to raise the bar of excellence in education and make teaching service a rewarding profession. #LagosEducation
Governor @jidesanwoolu said the award was a genuine way to promote merit and encourage healthy competition amongst our teaching staff in Lagos.
Governor @jidesanwoolu appealed to teachers to continue to uphold the ethics and standards of the profession, urging them not to relent in demonstrating uncommon sense of responsibility in discharging their duties.
The Governor said his administration would not waiver in achieving the key goals of its Education and Technology pillar, pledging to provide holistic education that would enable children to excel and compete with their peers globally.
Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, said the merit award was initiated by the Governor to raise the bar of excellence in public teaching service and inspire commitment of teachers. #LagosEducation
She said the event was a testimony to the pledge by Governor @jidesanwoolu to reward teachers for their contribution to education, stressing that the gesture had elevated education in the State.
Chairman of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Lagos, Comrade Adedoyin Adeshina, said Lagos education had benefited more under @jidesanwoolu, saying the
Governor met excellent records, broke the records and set another record with the reward for teaching staff. #LagosEducation
Recipients of the grand prize of brand new cars are nine primary and secondary school teachers, and three school administrators.
Ten other finalists were rewarded with consolation prizes.
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On ground joined the procession team from Oriental to the Candle Night venue at Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island together with other celebrities around 4:30 to 5:30pm.
#Mohbad
#Mohbadimole
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6:27pm: People were still trooping into the venue BUT the event has already started inside. Police patrol vehicles from different police divisions securing the venue. Officers of LNSC also on ground with other private bodyguards.
#Mohbad
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7:01 pm: The Muri Okunola Park was filled up. Different people came on stage to pray and hail the supporters and well wishers for coming out massively to support the late #Mohbad.
PRESS STATEMENT ON AUGUST 1st ELEVATOR ACCIDENT AT GENERAL HOSPITAL, ODAN, LAGOS
The Lagos State Government would like to, once again, acknowledge with deep regret the unfortunate elevator accident of Tuesday, 1st August 2023 at the House Officer’s residence of the General… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
We commiserate with her family and her colleagues and pray for the repose of her soul. As a Government, we feel the pain of this irreparable loss. May The Almighty console them and give them the strength to go through this difficult time.
The Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA) oversees the activities of the facility management company.
Following the incident, we immediately set up a panel to look into its likely causes, identify persons who might be culpable, and suggest ways of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
RE: MASS BURIAL OF ENDSARS VICTIMS (MISCHIEF MAKERS AT WORK).
The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to some social media publications about a purported mass burial plan for casualties of the 2020 #EndSARS incident.
Peddlers of the news are deliberately misinterpreting and sensationalizing a letter from the Lagos State Government Public Procurement Agency titled: Letter of No Objection – Mass Burial for the 103, the Year 2020 ENDSARS victims, to misinform the public, …
… stir public sentiment and cause public disaffection against the Lagos State Government.
It is public knowledge that the year 2020 #EndSARS crisis that snowballed into violence in many parts of Lagos recorded casualties in different areas of the State…
Governor to deliver keynote address, lead procession to MKO Abiola's residence
Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu, will join millions of Lagosians tomorrow (Monday) to celebrate June 12 Democracy Day in the State.
Mr Governor will observe the 30th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 election believed widely to have won by the late Chief MKO Abiola.
He will join leaders of pro-democracy groups and Civil Society Organisations to celebrate the acclaimed freest and fairest poll in the political history of Nigeria.
The alleged vandalized pile caps were chiseled by the contractor for repairs just before the emergency repairs of third mainland bridge’s contract was terminated on the account of non performance and slow pace of work by the contractor.
The pile cap repairs entails the removal/chiseling of Non-firm concrete parts of the pile caps, weak/ rusted reinforcements are removed and replaced,antirust applied and surface dressed with special mortar.
FLASH: Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu’s arrival at the Lagos State House of Assembly @lshaofficial for the Proclamation and Inauguration of the 10th Assembly, today at the Assembly Chamber of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa Ikeja.
ACHIEVEMENT: The 9th Assembly of the Lagos House of Assembly passed 46 bills into Law and over 120 resolutions that touched wide range of issues, relating to welfare of the people, settlement of dues, and other socio-economic issues.
Hon Temitope Adewale @ATA01FKJ (Ifako Ijaiye I) has nominated Dr @mudashiru_obasa (Agege I) to serve as the Next Speaker of the 10th Assembly, The Clerk of the House asked the Member to read the citation of his nominee. A long an impressive citation.