The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, says education remains one of the major priorities of the 9th House of Representatives.
Mr. Gbajabiamila said the House would do everything within its power to support educational institutions to have conducive learning environments.
The Speaker stated this while the management of the Lagos State University led by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oyedamola Oke, during a thank-you visit in his office in Abuja, said he was ready to attract more projects to the institution and others.
Mr. Gbajabiamila expressed delight that the WiFi project he attracted to LASU had been of immense help to the students’ learning.
Earlier, the LASU acting VC, Prof. Oke, said the visit was to thank the Speaker for the various projects he attracted to the university.
On his part, the former VC of the institution, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, who had led a delegation to the Speaker in 2019 to make request for the projects, said the Speaker’s interventions had started paying off as LASU was now Number 2 in the Nigerian universities’ ranking.
Recall that earlier this year, Gbajabiamila facilitated the installation of free Wi-Fi in six public tertiary institutions in Lagos State for ease of learning.
The gesture on free Wi-Fi cut across both Federal Government-owned and Lagos State Government-owned tertiary institutions in the State. Tagged ‘Free Campus WiFi,’ the exercise was part of Gbajabiamila’s way of giving back to society, with a view to building a stronger education sector.
The six public tertiary institutions that have so far benefitted from the Speaker’s initiative on the free Wi-Fi are University of Lagos, Akoka Campus; Lagos State University, Ojo; Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu Campus; Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin; Michael Otedola College of Education, Epe, and the Yaba College of Technology.
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