Jare Olukotun Youth Ambassadors representing Ikorodu Division at the Lagos Youth Ambassadors initiative of the Lagos State Government has launched Secondary Schools Outreach progarmme in the division. The programme is aimed at sensitising secondary school students on the risks involved in drug abuse, internet fraud, indecent dressing, teenage pregnancy, hooliganism, cultism, examination malpractice, stealing and many other vices common amongst youths. According to the press release signed by the Ikorodu Divisional Youth Ambassador, Jackson Adewale AYIKA, the outreach kicked off on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, with visits to Ipakodo Senior…
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Teachers In Ikorodu Parley Journalists, Seek Support
Kunle Adelabu -NUT plans commissioning of Gym, Cooperative house this year The number one teacher in Ikorodu Division, Comrade Oluwafemi Fakolade, recently led other chieftains of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Ikorodu to parley with the officers and members of the Ikorodu Community Media Practitioners (IKOCOMP) and seek the support of the body in propagating and advancing the course of teachers in the division. Fakolade made the appeal while conducting members of IKOCOMP round the Gym/NUT Cooperative House situated beside the Teachers’ House within the Oga/Methodist and LGEA…
Read MoreLSUBEB Promises New Structure, Furniture For U.P.E Primary School, Ikorodu After Photos Of Pupils Sitting On Tyres, Floor Went Viral
Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB) under the chairmanship of Hon Wahab Alawiye King, has stated that plans are underway to construct a new block of classrooms and provide necessary infrastructure for the pupils of UPE Primary School, Cole Village, Ajagunro, Ikorodu. This was coming on the heels of a picture showing pupils of UPE Primary School, Ikorodu, sitting on the floor and tyres during classes which went viral on social media about a week ago. The controversial picture has since generated lots of reactions from…
Read MoreLASPOTECH Can Help In Developing Agric In Nigeria – Sogunro, Rector
Kunle Adelabu and Kemi Joseph (Trainee) Mr Samuel Olayinka Sogunro, the Rector, Lagos State Polytechnic, has assured the government and the general public that the institution has what it takes to help in the development of agriculture and ensure that there is food security. He stated that the institution is not paying lip service to agriculture while adding that LASPOTECH has contributed immensely to the development of agriculture in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole. The Rector gave this assurance while delivering his speech at the 2nd Farmers’ Improvement Workshop…
Read MoreLASU Deputy Vice Chancellor Charges Ikorodu Students To Follow Founding Fathers’ Steps
Kunle Adelabu -As new executive, legislative arms inaugurated for NAIDS The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, Prof Olumuyiwa Noah, have charged students from Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, to bring back the lost glory of the division when it dominated the social, economic, political and other spheres of the state. The University Don gave the charge at the inauguration of the new National Association of Ikorodu Division Students (NAIDS) executive council led by Comrade Soyiga Samuel Adeshina Abdulazeez. The event was held at the Ikorodu Local…
Read MoreIgbogbo Youth Coalition Guides Students In Career Decision, Gives Bursary
Kunle Adelabu The Igbogbo Youth Claition, the umbrella body of youth groups in Igbogbo, has organized career talk for students of Senior Secondary School three (SSS3) in the community with the aim of guiding them in choosing the right careers. At the event, which was held at the Oba Abdul-Semiu Orimadegun Kasali Hall, Rotary Centre, Igbogbo, on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, bursary awards, sponsored by Mr Azeez Adeyinka, were also disbursed to five beneficiaries. Speakers at the career talk themed, ‘Choosing the right career: A step to fulfilling purpose’, were…
Read MoreGroup Distributes Books To Schools In Ikorodu
Jare Olukotun Members of Kings & Queens Palace, a charity organization on Friday, February 7, 2020, distributed 500 pieces of 60 leaves exercise books to secondary and primary schools in three councils of Ikorodu Division in commemoration of the group’s second year anniversary. Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, in Ikorodu Local Government (LG) and Ipakodo Secondary School in lkorodu West Local Council Development (LCDA) are the only two secondary schools that benefited from the gesture while U.A.M.C (Eleja), Igbogbo, in Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, African Primary School, Ikorodu, and Methodist Primary School,…
Read MoreLASG Begins Issuance Of Letters To Newly Recruited Teachers
The Lagos State Government has commenced the issuance of appointment letters to newly recruited secondary school teachers in the State. Speaking during the exercise, the Chairman, Lagos State Teaching Service Commission, Mrs. Elizabeth Olabisi Ariyo expressed profound appreciation to the present administration for the recruitment, saying that it will contribute immensely to the education sector in the State. She explained that the new entrants have shown the desire and zeal to join the pool of productive and efficient teachers across the State, observing that “this set of successful candidates have…
Read MoreIkorodu Youths Set To Get Hub
Kunle Adelabu Ikorodu Division Youth Initiative Movement (IDYIM) is close to achieving one of the major resolutions at its 2nd youth summit as it is set to establish vocational centres across Ikorodu Division with facilities to enable youths acquire skills. According to report gathered, the first quarter of this year has been set for the completion of the project which will be tagged, ‘Ikorodu Division Youth Hub’. THE IMPACT also gathered that IYDM has been able to secure an abandoned building within the Etunrenren Primary School in Ikorodu Local Government…
Read MoreiRead Afrika Set Out To Bridge Gap Between Africa And Rest Of The World – Bayode, Guinness Record Holder
Mr Olubayode Treasure Olawunmi read for 120 hours non-stop to win the Guinness World Record in the Longest Marathon Reading Aloud two years ago and he is still the world record holder. He funded the iRead Afrika foundation, a platform which he plans to use in advocating reading culture in Africa. He spoke with the Publisher/Reporter-in-Chief of THE IMPACT, Kunle Adelabu, after presenting 10 laptops and offered to train staff and students of Oriwu College in Ikorodu in virtual reality. He represented Labster.com, the Danish company sponsoring the project. He…
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