Wale Jagun
A new primary school, Idera Nursery and Primary School, situated beween Odogunyan and Agbede communities in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), will kick-off operation on Monday, January 27, 2020.
The revelation was made by Hon. (Lion) Austen Taiwo Oduloye, the immediate past Education Secretary, Ikorodu Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) , during an interview with THE IMPACT.
The new primary school will take the total number of public primary schools in Ikorodu Division to 64.
“The LGEA has 63 primary schools and last week, we had an additional one which is Idera Nursery and Primary School situated in between Odogunyan and Agbede communities. The school would fully take off on Monday 27 of this month” , he stated.
“In that area, there is no public school at all and l am so happy that the dream has come true.”
He also stated that his administration has commenced the process of getting approval for another primary school at Olu-Odo, which he said may start operating in the next two months.
While also speaking at the ceremony marking his last day in office on Friday, January 24,2020, the immediate past Education Secretary stated that the focus of the LGEA is to oversee the daily activities of all the Nursery and Primary Schools in the six Local Government and LCDAs in Ikorodu Division and commended the SUBEB and FUBEB for infrastructural developments in the primary school sector.
“I wish to commend the Lagos State universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Federal Universal Primary Education Board (FUPEB) for their joint infrastructural renewal in most of our primary schools which when visited can compete with any private school. They constructed 17 plus 1 and 13 plus 1 classrooms”, he stated.
He listed Jogejoye Nursery & Primary School, Ojokoro Agodo-Alara, African Primary School, Erikorodu, Agodo-Alara Nursery and Primary School, Agodo-Alara, Methodist Primary School, Gberigbe, Anglican Primary School, Isawo, Community Primary School, Abule-Eko, Community primary School, Mowo-Nla , Estate Primary School, Ikorodu, Local Govt Primary School, Imota, LG Primary School, Isiu, Omolaye Primary School, Agbede and Ososolu Primary School, Erunwen, Ikorodu as some of schools that were given facelifts in Ikorodu division during his administration as Education Secretary.
Oduloye completed his two terms as the Education Secretary of Ikorodu Local Government Education Authority on Friday, and had since handed-over to Dr Olumide Fasakin, the Head of Human Resource & Administration, who will act in his capacity till another Education Secretary is jointly nominated by the six Councils in Ikorodu division and ratification given by the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB).
