• Foundation urges leaders to prioritise human life value
• Lagos launches comprehensive schools programme
The Lagos State government and the World Bank are scaling up strategies to create a detailed and credible data bank, which will be used for social intervention programmes.
The state’s Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube, who spoke while receiving the World Bank Country Director, Nigeria, Mr. Shubaham Chaudhuri, in his office, said Lagos always look forward to various interventions like the social safety nets initiatives with the generation and maintenance of a single social register to implement humanitarian programmes, especially when it involves the World Bank.
In a statement, yesterday, Egube said the ministry’s responsibility of resource allocation and performance management was charged with the engagement of the initiative in the state by the Federal Government to achieve the expected outcome, using the social register.
IN another development, President, Virtues for Life Foundation, Revd Alexander Faranpojo, yesterday, urged leaders at federal, state and local levels to prioritise value for human life in making promises and execution of policies for the people.
Faranpojo gave the advice in Lagos while speaking with newsmen ahead of the foundation’s yearly conference, which seeks to address governance, influence and leadership issues in Nigeria and how those could contribute to the value of human life.
He said leaders must realise that the true essence of governance was to make humanity a better place.
MEANWHILE, as part of its promise to make education a major pillar in building a greater Lagos State, the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has launched the Lagos State Comprehensive Schools Programme.
According to the state’s Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, the programme is basically a response to the high number of students dropping out of public secondary school system in the state.
“We noticed a heavy attrition rate among our senior secondary school students. Many were not resuming in SS1 after JS3, and even throughout secondary schools, there was a steady reduction in enrolment,” she explained.
