Wale Jagun
The management team of the Lagos State Agency for Mass Education has paid an advocacy visit to the Chairman, Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele (BSA).
The advocacy visit which is aimed at sensitising the council boss and his team on the agency’s Non – Formal Education (NFE) programme took place at the office of the Chairman, Imota LCDA secretariat on Tuesday.
The Director, Agency for Mass Education, Mrs Oluwakemi Kalesanwo who led the agency’s team highlighted the benefits of NFE, stressing the importance of literacy and vocational training to socio-economic development.
She disclosed that the Agency plans to increase the number of functional Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) from the current eight (8) to fifteen (15) before the end of the year.
Receiving the team, Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele pledged the full cooperation of his administration with the agency in expanding access to literacy and vocational training opportunities within the community.
He added that his administration remained dedicated to community development, inclusiveness and good governance.
Other members of the Agency’s delegation were Mrs. Olaide Oladunjoye (HOD, Vocational), Mr. Ibraheem Mustapha (Head, Monitoring and Investigation), Mrs. Christiana Hassan (Head, ASAS VTC), Mr. Adegoke Otaru (PRO), Mrs. Faith Olawuni (Head, Agege VTC), Mr. Adeniyi Ologuntoye (Head, EMIS), and Mr. Azeez Mubidiu (Mass Literacy).
