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State of Public Schools In Ikorodu Division : When Is LASG Rehabilitating, Providing Infrastructures, Residents Ask

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU As students resume to schools today across Lagos State, many of them would be resuming into dilapidated structures while many others would be contending with lack of infrastructures as the promise by the new administration in the state, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to rehabilitate primary and secondary schools in the state , has failed to materialized. In Ikorodu Division , public schools are practically begging for urgent intervention as many of them do not have adequate infrastructures like blocks of classrooms, benches, chairs, toilets facilities fence and…

LASG Urges Adherence To Unified School Calendar

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Impact Newspaper

The Lagos State Government has reiterated the need for all public and private schools in the State to adhere to the Unified School Calendar and resume studies on Monday, September 9, 2019. Speaking in an interview to usher in the 2019/2020 Academic Session, the State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo said the adoption of a uniform academic calendar enables proper planning and ensures pupils and students attend school for the number of days required in the term. Mrs. Adefisayo commended the concerted efforts of teaching and non-teaching staff towards…

Photo News: Ikorodu Schools Needing Sanwo-Olu’s Presence

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU The state of schools in Ikorodu division is deplorable would be an understatement and they are in urgent need of Sanwo-Olu’s government’s presence. Photographs below were taken from Yewa Grammar School, Aga and Aga Primary School in Ikorodu Local Government; Ipakodo Junior Secondary School in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area; Methodist Primary School, School, Anglican Primary School both in Ijede Local Council Development Area There are still many others across the division in urgent need of attention before the students resume back in session in September.

Oriwu College Sets To Celebrate 70th Anniversary

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Wale JAGUN The premier college in Ikorodu division, Oriwu College, is set to celebrate its diamond jubilee anniversary of its existence. The school, which was founded on May 29, 1949, has produced many individuals with state, national and international status and who have contributed to the social, economic and political developments of the country and humanity in general. The anniversary is being driven by the Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), the umbrella body of the ex-students of the school. According to a release by Chief M. Labi…

LASPOTECH Unions Present Positions To Sanwo-Olu, Decry Midnight Arrest, Imprisonment

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Wale JAGUN -Call for immediate commencement of work by visitation panel Lagos State Polytechnic chapter of the Non-academic Union (NASU), has decried the executive order by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, which resulted in the midnight raid, arrest, arraignment and subsequent imprisonment of 38 of their members on Thursday, July 11, 2019. This is contained in a release signed by Comrade Yemisi Olabisi, Secretary, NASU LASPOTECH chapter. A copy of the release was given to THE IMPACT at the weekend. It would be recalled that the union…

Proposed Government’s Panel On LASPOTECH Crisis: Stakeholders Set Target As Mixed Reactions Trail Government’s Intervention

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN Stakeholders in Ikorodu have been reacting to the intervention by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the crisis between the management of the Lagos State Polytechnic and the members of the staff unions which has threatened the peace of the institution in the last few years . The governor intervened in the crisis on Friday, July 12, 2019, via a press release after the arrest of 38 staff members of the institution by the police and also constituted a Visitation Panel with…

LASPOTECH Crisis: Ikorodu Residents Blame Government, Stakeholders For Crisis Degeneration, Call For Quick Resolution

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU -Governor sets up panel to investigate crisis Residents of Ikorodu have reacted to the arrest of the 38 staff members of the Lagos State Polytechnic in early hour of Thursday, July 11,2019, at the Ikorodu main campus. They reacted to the dramatic turn of event at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus on THE IMPACT WhatsApp platform, blaming the Lagos State Government and stakeholders in Ikorodu for allowing the crisis to linger on for about three years. The striking union members have been keeping vigil on the…

Photos: Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary Holds 18th Graduation Ceremony

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary marked its 18th annual Graduation Ceremony with the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, as the special guest of honour and guest lecturer. Also in attendance at the ceremony held at the school’s multi-purpose hall, situated at Archbishop Abiodun Adetiloye Way, off Ikorodu-Itoikin Road, Agunfoye-Lugbusi Village, Adamo, Ikorodu, Lagos were His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabiru Shotobi, the Ayangbure of Ikoroidu who was the royal father of the day, His Royal Majesty, Oba Semiudeen Kasali, the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo…

LASPOTECH Crisis: Lagos Governor Intervenes , Orders Investigation

July 13, 2019July 15, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU -Disengaged staff members must appeal to Governing Council within 7 days – Governor -We are not troublemakers – Union Worried by the lingering industrial crisis rocking the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, constituted a Visitation Panel with a task to investigate all the contentious issues that are setting the staff union of the school against the management. Governor Sanwo-Olu also ordered members of the staff earlier disengaged by the management to forward their letters of appeal to the school’s Governing Council within seven (7)…

Union Leaders React To Arrest Of 38 Members, Say It Won’t Solve Lingering Crisis

July 12, 2019July 15, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU The striking staff members of the Lagos State Polytechnic have reacted to the arrest of their colleagues on Thursday, July 11, 2019,stating that such action would not solve the lingering crisis rocking the institution . They also alleged that the government is acting on lies fabricated against them by the Sogunro-led administration which the staff unions have been having face off with in the institution for about two years now . In a joint press release by the Chairmen, Senior Staff of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), Comrade Abiodun Thomas…