TINUBU URGES PARENTS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF NEW ABARANJE SECONDARY SCHOOL, AS SANWO-OLU PROMISES SUSTAINABKE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION SECTOR

-- OBASA: KEHINDE JOSEPH IS ONE OF OUR BEST IN THE ASSEMBLY
Story by Toyo C. Ngem
The wife of Nigerian President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has urged parents and residents of Abaranje Town in Alimosho, Ĺagos, to take ownership of the newly built first ever Public Secondary School named after her and commissioned on Saturday. She said it was necessary to preserve the value purpose of the new opportunity they got for generations to come. This advice came as the Lagos State Governor, reiterated the resolve of his government to continue the pursuit of education policies that would equip the young ones with skilful minds to afford them in competitive engagements at the global level. He described the ceremony as something "beyond ribbon-cutting", but the making of history in Alimosho and Lagos at large.
The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly said the donor of the school, Hon Kehinde Olaide Joseph, was one of their best in the House and urged Alimosho residents to support his return to the Assembly because they were yet to get the optimum of representative values the Honourable had in stock for them.
All this made the highlight of speeches and events at the handing over of a storey block of sixteen classrooms, solely conceived, solely financed and solely built by Hon Kehinde Olaide Joeph, representing Alimosho Constituency 02, to the public. The ceremony which set Abaranje agog with Kampala carnival-like gathering brought together heavy weight All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains and government officials from across the state to the sleepy town and woke it up to momentary vibrancy.
Those expected to be present but ably represented were the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, represented by a former member of the State Assembly and immediate past Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education (LASUBEB), Hon Alawiye-King; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by the Hon Commissioner for Basic Education, Mr. Tolani Ali-Balogun. The Speaker of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa was personally present.
Other state actor dignitaries were five of the executive chairmen of the six divisions of Alimosho. They included Hon Ibrahim Akinpelu Johnson, Executive Chairman of Alimosho LGA; Hon (Dr.) Abiodun Lukmon Agbaje, Executive Chairman of Ayobo/Ipaja LCDA; Hon Abiodun Ejigbadero, Executive Chairman of Agbado/Okeodo; Hon Lasisi Akinsanya, Executive Chairman of Igando/Ikotun LCDA and Hon Opeyemi Akindele, Executive Chairman of Mosan/Okunola LCDA.
Leading the party train was the Apex Leader of the Lagos West Senatorial District and member of the revered Governance Advisory Council, Chief Rabiu Oluwa; State General Secretary, Muyideen Jokomba; Vice Chairman, Lagos West Senatorial District, Chìef Sunday Aboyade; and a host of others.
Others include the Apex Leader of the party in Alimosho and former three-time member of State Assembly, Hon Prince Bisi Yusuf; former Egbe-Idimu LCDA Chairman and currently the Coordinator, the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, Hon Kunle Sanya-Olu Olowoopejo; Apex Leader of Egbe-Idimu LCDA -- home of the celebrator -- Alhaji Ganiyu Fetuga; and the numerous ward chairmen.
None political dignitaries presen included the monarchs of numerous kingdoms within the Constituency 02: The Onikotun of Ikotun, HRM Oba Azeez Gbadabiu Asiwaju; Alakesan of Akesan, HRM Oba (Dr.) Najeemdeen Abidemi Aberejo (Oduala 1); and Onishasha of Shasha Kingdom, HRM Oba Babatunde Ogunrombi. Others were the Onidimu of Idimu, HRM Oba Surakat Noah Olayiwola Adefimihan; Onisheri of Isheri, HRM Oba Ibrahim Olasunkanmi Lawal-Bello; Alaye of Orisunbare Land, HRM Oba Hakeeb Rauf Adebowale and the numerous Baales and community chiefs who included the head and Secretary of the Sagunbi Family in Abaranje.
In her speech given through Hon Alawiye-King, Senator Tinubu said she had four reasons to appreciate the feat Hon Kehinde Joseph had achieved with the building of the school. This, according to her, was because she knew the story behind the school. She said she had been a legislator herself to know enough about sources of funds to individual legislator. "And when I asked Mr Speaker if there was any special grants for members of Lagos Assembly in the recent time, he said there was none. Given this, I can understand the tremendous goodwill of divine grace Hon Joseph must have had to achieve this", she said.
She went further to explain that by building the school, Hon Joseph had entered his name in the global register of those who have contributed towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)4 which is all about education for human capital development.
She thereafter moved to commission the building, a rite performed on her behalf by Alawiye-King

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