The Rotary Club of Falomo (District 9110 of Nigeria) has refurbished dilapidated windows, doors and sideboards, among others, at St Georges Girls’ Primary School in Ikoyi, Lagos State.

The club also distributed 1,000 notebooks and 250 mosquito-treated nets to pupils of the school as its 2024 project for the all-girls public primary school.

President of the club, OteEnaibe, who spoke shortly after brief career talks with the pupils before distributing exercise books and mosquito nets, said the project, which was executed at the cost of N5 million, was meant to give a facelift to the school.

He said the club had in the last three years been carrying out projects aimed at upgrading the public school so that its infrastructure could be at par with other private schools in the highbrow Ikoyi axis of the state.

Meanwhile, in addition to the facelift, Enaibe and his team also had career talks with the pupils to give them a sense of direction in their educational pursuits.

He said: “Some of these parents may not know what career means. So, as a club, we decided that we should change the narrative for the children by letting them know how to aspire to attain what they see every day in their society.”

In her response to the gesture, Head-teacher of the school, Sherifat Adebayo, commended the club, adding that the relationship with the club had spanned some years.

“This relationship has been for a while. This is the third President that is carrying out projects here and we are always happy whenever they come around because they also inspire the pupils. However, we still have more of their attention in providing cleaning materials for the toilets and books,” she said.