Iwerekun Community High School wins 2021 Tolaram Science challenge

• Students charged to be focused

Iwerekun Community high school, Lagos, has emerged winner of the 2021 Tolaram Science Challenge, which was keenly contested among 14 other secondary schools.
 
Tolaram Science Challenge is a science-based competition among schools in Ibeju Lekki axis of Lagos State, facilitated by Tolaram Group, one of the leading conglomerates in Nigeria, as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives targeted at developing and promoting science education among students in the area.
 
Iwerekun Community High School emerged winner by defeating Magbon Alade Senior Grammar School, in a keenly contested grand finale of the 2021 edition of the competition, which was sponsored by the Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) Company with product support from other companies in the group.

“In any country that is emerging like Nigeria, the future is in the hands of the youth. We must mould them while they are young. There is no way we can have a better future without moulding them and that is what Tolaram is spearheading,” Dabiri said.

He advised the students to work hard and study courses that are relevant, so that they can become part of the growth process of the economic zone in the future.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Lagos State, Oluseyi Whenu expressed appreciation to the group for its support towards improving science education in the state, noting that the governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration places utmost priority on education and technology, as they remain key pillars in the desire to transform the state.
 
While commending the group on the initiative, Whenu advised the students to be focused and determined in their pursuit of academic excellence, saying Lagos State government is looking forward to having them play a significant role in the emergence of a greater Lagos and Nigeria.
  
Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Free Zone, Mr Dinesh Rathi, said despite the challenge posed by COVID-19, it was gladdening that the competition lived up to its billing, especially with the level of competition among the students.