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LASPOTECH Visitation Panel Submits Report, CONTISS – 15 Migration, Infrastructural Decay Top Findings

June 27, 2020June 28, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The Visitation Panel constituted last year to look into the crises that have been rocking the Lagos State Polytechnic by the Governor of Lagos State/Visitor to the institution, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, has submitted its report. Top on the Panel’s findings, THE IMPACT gathered is CONTISS – 15 Migration which was the main issue that caused the lingering conflict between the management of the Lagos State Polytechnic and the staff (Unions). The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education (SAE), Mr Tokunbo Wahab, received the report of…

Former Minister Wants Oriwu College Ex Students Names Collated, Calls For Capable Replacement For Outgoing Principal

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The former Minister of Works of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and former student of the premier college in Ikorodu Division, Oriwu College, Senator (Otunba) Adeseye Kingsley Ogunlewe, has called for the documentation of names and other information of all the students that have passed out of the college for the purpose of assigning serial numbers. According to Senator Ogunlewe, conducting the process would help in tracking the former students and engage them towards the development of the premier college. The former Minister also called on stakeholders to…

Lagos Begins Integrity Test On Public Schools Infrastructure

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Impact Newspaper

The Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL), on Monday, flagged-off the non-destructive test exercise on public schools infrastructure to prevent any possibility of collapsed buildings and ensure safety of pupils, students and staff of the institutions. Speaking at the ceremony, which held at Omole Senior Secondary School, Omole, Ikeja, the General Manager of the Agency, Dr. Abiodun Afolabi, said the exercise is another significant effort that affirms the commitment of the present administration to reform the Education and Environment sectors in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda. “We are flagging off…

Private School Owners And Staff Are Really Suffering Due To COVID – 19 Lockdown, They Need Help – Mrs Nwobodo, Proprietress, Victory Joy School

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Mrs NWOBODO IJEOMA BLESSING (B.Sc, PGDE, M.Ed, PhD in view, FICSSM, ACIPM, MCICN) is a teacher, Consultant and the Proprietress of Victory Joy School located at Kokoro-Abu, Ikorodu. In this interview with the Publisher/Reporter – in – Chief, Kunle Adelabu, she spoke on re-opening of schools, challenges being faced by private school owners, challenges of online classes, what government and corporate bodies should be doing to help school owners out of financial loss and how her school is adhering to the measures stipulated by the government. Excerpts: THE IMPACT: As…

LASG To Sanction Schools Defying Closure Directive

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 Impact Newspaper

The Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), has condemned the action of Private Primary and Secondary School owners inviting students to school, despite the government’s directives to close schools. A statement issued on Monday by the Office of the Director-General, OEQA, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, warned owners and administrators of such schools to desist from reopening under whatever guise, noting that any school caught flouting the directive of the Federal and State governments on closure will be heavily sanctioned. To ensure compliance, she said the Office Monitoring and Investigation…

Oriwu College Land Encroachment: Ladugba, Liwe Families Challenge Lawyer To Reveal Identity Of Clients Demanding Portion Of School Property

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu – New lawyer gives 8-day ultimatum which lapse today, demands N50million damages, threatens court action -We are ready to prove you wrong in court – Sen. Ogunlewe tells lawyer, clients The last may not have been heard on the Oriwu College land crisis as the two families at the centre of the crisis, Ladugba Agala Egiri and Liwe familes of Igbogbo and Ikorodu respectively, have demanded that the new lawyer that is claiming to be representing the families in the matter and asking the college to cease trespassing…

Lagos Plans Stagger Resumption, Reverses Cut In Subventions To Tertiary Institutions

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Government has perfected plans to re-open tertiary institutions in the state with new guidelines to accommodate staggered resumption dates and classes as the government prepares for the reopening with strategic learning plans. THE IMPACT gathered that the Office of Special Adviser on Education (OSAE) during the week met with management and unions in all state tertiary institutions across the state where modalities for re-opening were discussed. It was gathered that other issues relating to individual tertiary institutions were also discussed at the meetings held at…

LASG Renews Pledge To Fix Defective Structures In Public Schools

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Amidst the COVID-19 scourge ravaging the world and consequently affecting every sphere of human lives including the education sector, the Lagos State Government has renewed its commitment to addressing the decay in public schools infrastructure by directing all contractors to return to the sites. The Chairman of the Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools, Mr. Hakeem Smith, disclosed this at a strategic meeting with the technical team, stressing that all the contractors on public school projects must quickly commence work in order to deliver within an appreciable time frame.…

Ikorodu LGEA Education Secretaryship Seat: How Afolabi Amusa Clinched Position After Protracted Struggle

June 3, 2020December 26, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu Finally, a new Education Secretary (ES) has resumed duty to oversee the affairs of the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) in Ikorodu division after about six months of protracted struggle among political leaders on who take charge of the institution that oversee the affairs of primary education system in the division. Mr Afolab Amusai, a former Principal, recently took over the administration of the LGEA from Dr Olumide Fasakin, the Head of Human Resource & Administration, who has been directing the affairs of the education authority in acting…

LASPOTECH Invents Ventilator, Human Disinfection, Other Machines To Fight COVID – 19

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Polytechnic, one of the foremost institution of technology in Nigeria, has developed four important equipment to help in fighting against the ravaging novel Coronavirus pandemic. Immediate past Rector of the school, Mr Samuel Olayinka Sogunro, while leading pressmen to inspect the machines, stated that the inventions, which are the initiative of the Mechanical Department of the institution, are the school’s contributions to the collective fight against CVD – 19 pandemic. The invented machines – Sensor Control Hand Washing Machine, Mechanical Ventilator, Foot Pedal Hand Washing…