By Adeola Ogunlade
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu and Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo had been commended for their selfless effort in ensuring qualitative education in the state.
They were both lauded yesterday by the Tutor General/Permanent Secretary District II, Mrs. Anike Adekanye during the celebration of 2022 International Literacy Day which was commemorated by the donation of The first of 65 Leadership Libraries to Ayedere Ajibola Senior Grammar School, Ketu, Lagos by Do The Dream Youth Development Initiative in collaboration with United States Chicago, Illinois Non-Governmental organization Life Development Centre.
Adekanye described yesterday as a special day in the lives of students all over the world and appreciated the Initiative and the partner for keying into the reality that the government cannot do it alone.
She expressed the necessity for Non-governmental organizations and individuals to contribute immensely to the development of education in Lagos State.
Addressing the students of the school, Adekanye said: “Today has been declared as World Literacy Day to emphasize the importance of education in the world.
“Education enables us to be knowledgeable about things around us and it opens us to creativity. It affords us the opportunity to know our rights including preparing us for the future.
“Education is the best legacy in the sense that it will make you to rely on yourself, gives you confidence to be able stand alone, able to distinguish yourself among your peers and above all makes you a better person in the community as you will have a good job” she said.
Founder/Executive Director, Do The Dream Youth Development Initiative , Adebusuyi Olutayo Olumadewa said the Leadership Library was developed to help students in secondary school enhance their leadership abilities by instilling a passion for reading to help them make informed choices that will benefit their interactions and decisions in the future. He added that it would also bridge the reading and learning inequalities that exist in Nigeria between public and private schools.
“The Library will teach the Sustainable Development Goals by teaching young people how to localize the SDGs from where they are with what they have. With the SDGs Corner, we intend to raise young leaders that will cause the wheels to spin.
“Themed: Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces” this serves to unveil the Global Reading Session and the first Day of the reading from the Leadership Library as well as unveiling the SDGs Corner in the Library” he said.