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Classrooms
By Deborah Ogedemgbe
Benin, Nov. 9, 2016 (NAN) Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday inaugurated nine blocks of 22 classrooms in Benin, lauding Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo for his laudable achievements.
Ambode, inaugurating the project at Itohan Girls Grammar School, Benin, on invitation of Oshiomhole, said that completion of the project had shown that his host “is a people-oriented leader’’.
He said that the Oshiomhole-led administration had turned around the fortunes of the state in the last eight years.
The governor of Lagos State also commended the outgoing governor for completing the project at a time when the nation’s economy was facing some challenges.
Ambode said that he was thrilled about the continuity in governance in Edo as Oshiomhole would be handing over to another All Progressives Congress government on Nov. 12.
He announced scholarship for two students of the school to study courses of their choices at the newly inaugurated Edo University, Iyamho, from first year to their graduation.
Ambode said that selection of the students should be based on merit.
Oshiomhole had earlier expressed happiness over re-building of the school, saying that primary and secondary schools were the foundation for quality education.
He urged teachers and the host communities to ensure proper maintenance of the facility put in place by his administration.
Oshiomhole said that Edo would continue to copy what works in Lagos State in view of the special relationship existing between the two states.
In his remarks, the state Commissioner for Education, Mr Gideon Obakhan, said that the project was another testimony to the government’s commitment to the development of education sector.
Obakhan said the administration understood that an investment in education was an investment in the future of children and the nation.
He also said that efforts put into the sector by the Oshiomhole-led administration had gone a long way in boosting the morale of the students and reduce examination malpractices. (NAN)
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Edited by Mustapha Lamidi/Olagoke Olatoye