The club’s Fund Raising Committee Chairman, Mrs Taiwo
Adelanwa, said this at the inauguration of the renovated school on Sunday.
Adelanwa said that the renovation was to ensure a conducive
learning environment for pupils in the community.
According to her, the educational interventional project of
the club is a star one that has set apart the association from other
community-based organisations.
“We do our lead assessment annually and decide to focus more
on primary schools, as we know that early childhood is important.
“This year, we selected Akilo Primary School, not out of any
special interest, but we discovered that it is one of the schools in the
community with less government intervention.
“Unlike other schools with regular government interventions,
the school received government intervention last in 2003. This informed our
choice to give the pupils conducive learning environment,” she said.
Adelanwa said that the yearly programme usually focuses on
educational development, where schools would be given computers, photocopiers
and generators to enhance academic activities.
“We would have folded our arms this year and hidden under
the excuses of COVID-19 pandemic but we were motivated by the need to provide a
conducive environment for the pupils of the school, especially at this critical
period.
“That’s why we embarked on the roofing and fixing of the
school windows, with the provision of more than 100 desks and chairs for the
pupils, all of which cost us over N4 million,” she added.
In his remarks, Mr Kolawole Anigbajumo, Leader of the
Legislative Arm, Agege Local Government council, said that with the renovation
of the classrooms, pupils would now have the opportunity of learning in a
conducive environment.
Anigbajumo, representing Ward F in Agege where the school is
situated, praised the club for the project and called on the school’s
management to ensure proper maintenance of the facilities.
“The club has done fantastically well; the renovation will
further improve the standard of education in the school,” he added.
Chief Lateef Salako, the Baale (traditional head) of Otubu
community in Agege, appreciated the club for executing the project in the
school within a very short period, even in the face of severe economic
downturn, occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic.
“I am so happy seeing the renovation done by Elephant club.
Indeed, these are the most important facilities that the school needs at this
time,” he said.
“We need government intervention, provision of adequate
security to protect the facilities from vandals.
The club had, in 2020, donated items worth N1.5 million to
some schools in Ogba and Agege areas to further enhance teaching and learning.
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