Adult literacy centre to empower Lagosians

The Lekki Adult Literacy and Vocational Centre has reiterated its commitment to eradicate illiteracy in Lagos State through its kick illiteracy out a campaign in a bid to empower citizens.

The movement, which is one of the Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God (RCCG) LP 20 started in 2020 out of the need to bridge the gap between the elite and the masses who are educationally disadvantaged.

According to the provincial pastor of Lagos Province 20, Tunde Natufo, who is also a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT), the organisation is to transform the lives of those around the catchment area of RCCG LP 20.

He said: “As we all know, education is a key to life and we know it provides confidence and knowledge, which is power. The mandate given to us by our father, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, is to give back to our immediate community and when the idea came, we jumped at it and ever since then, it’s been a success story.

“This is just the beginning. We will try as much as possible to deepen our knowledge and we are also trying to expand our reach. There is no way we will do what we are doing today that the value and economic capability of the beneficiaries will not improve. Education is a basic tool for social communication but when there is no education, it tells on the self-esteem.’’

Campaign Coordinator, Joe Mbulu, explained that many of the illiteracy problems were the foundational reason the centre took it upon itself to address the psychological issues too.

‘’As a body of Christ, our responsibility is not just to feed the soul, we are also to be light in the society and education is part of it. We have seen a lot of influx of people into the Lekki area but as people come, we see they can’t cope with the requirements of today’s world. Knowledge is power, it is important that we teach them how to write so they can relate with people because most can’t read simple things. They can’t even read job advertisements; hence they end up being house girls, houseboys, maids and so on.