Fashola’s wife inaugurates classrooms

Abimbola Fashola

Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, has called on the private sector to endeavour to support the education sector handsomely.

Fashola made the appeal while inaugurating blocks of classrooms at the Hope Primary School, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The project is a joint effort sponsored by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials and the MTN Foundation.

Fashola, also the COWLSO Chairperson, commended the foundation for its contribution towards education in the country.

She said, “We embarked on this mission two years ago, when we decided to provide good amenities in our primary schools. While the construction was going on, MTN Foundation accepted to furnish two schools by providing the appropriate furnishings.

“We want to thank the management of MTN Nigeria for partnering with us to support the commitment of Lagos State in providing a conducive learning environment for our tomorrow leaders from the basic education level. We also want more collaboration from the private sector.”

The Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation, Nonny Ugboma, said the group was honoured to be part of the initiative.

She added that state had benefitted from a number of MTNF interventions, such as the donation of dialysis and mammography machines to two general hospitals, among other interventions.

“Since inception in 2009 to date, the MTNF Learning Facility Supply Project has spent well over 1bn on quite a number of initiatives in the education sector. In this fourth phase, the foundation will present 16,000 desks, benches, tables and chairs to 85,000 schools across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria,’’ she said.

On the MTNF-COWLSO partnership, Chairperson, COWLSO Building Committee, Mrs. Bimpe Bamgbose-Martins, expressed delight at the quality of work done by the different contractors handling the project.

She added, “I have no doubt that our collective efforts will produce the change needed in our society,” Bamgbose-Martins said.