Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to install free-wifi in
public schools and bus terminals, basically to aide accessibility to
information in the state. Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Hakeem Fahm, who disclosed the plan at ongoing ministerial press briefing held in Ikeja, yesterday, added that the provision would serve as another avenue for residents to enhance social activities.


He said: “We have provided free-wifi in three parks, Ndubuisi Kanu
and Johnson, Jakande Tinubu Parks in Ikeja and Muri-Okunola part
in Victoria Island. Aside this, we will be providing free-wifi in public
schools. “Also, we will be providing additional free-wifi acdcess at
bus terminals and several parks and garden in the state.


“The projects represent a quick win for the state government towards the vision of making Lagos a smart city,” the commissioner added.


According to him, Smart City, a comprehensive programme that
seeks to provide a 24-hour driven economy which would allow
companies to operate in a safe and secure environment thereby
creating more jobs and increase Gross Domestic Product, GDP of
the state.


However, Fahm hinted that no fewer than four million residents
had been captured under ongoing Lagos State Resident
Registration Agency, LASRRA.


The commissioner explained that information “gathered from the
registration is use to embark on planning and allocation of
resources in the state.”


On effort to increase number captured, he stated that efforts had
been strengthened to ensure more residents are registered. The
commissioner assured that plans to deploy additional 10,000 High
Definition (HD) CCTV cameras across the State, to boost security,
transportation and infrastructure in the state.


“The security component will deploy thousands of surveillance
CCTV cameras through the length and breadth of the State. The
transportation component focuses on Intelligent Transport Service
(ITS) and the connectivity component with provision of a metro
fibre network through a major Internet Service Provider (IPS) that
will eventually lead connectivity to various homes, offices and
institutions in the State,” Fahm said.


Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/lagos-announces-free-wifi-installation-plan-public-schools-bus-terminals/

The only "country" within our country. Lagos is always ahead. Hope Yahoo wanna-bes won't build nests and dens around those schools.

After installing Wi-Fi are they going to provide them with the tablets and pads to use it with. Or Are they encouraging students and pupils to be using electronic gadgets and high end phones in school. To me this will further act as a distraction to their studies rather than aiding it. Not all students can afford a smart Wi-Fi enabled device and will create bitterness for those who does not have. We all know that nobody can control them when it comes to its usage, hence it will be abused. The government should rather empower the teachers on how best to utilize the internet to aid their teaching ideas by providing them with, digital audio visual equipments, electronic libraries and smart board that is internet enabled. The Wi-Fi should be passworded and known only to the teachers and staff members. This is my take.

yay Time to start baording a BrT of 250 nd Download porn of 10gb before i geh to Marina.... Time to stop trekking from ikorodu to Marina... Buh public schools like LaSU nd Laspotech no dey ooo. student will still pay for d school internet during dere tuition fee payment

I commend this.

Godyke:
After installing Wi-Fi are they going to provide them with the tablets and pads to use it with. Or Are they encouraging students and pupils to be using electronic gadgets and high end phones in school. To me this will further act as a distraction to their studies rather than aiding it. Not all students can afford a smart Wi-Fi enabled device and will create bitterness for those who does not have. We all know that nobody can control them when it comes to its usage, hence it will be abused. The government should rather empower the teachers on how best to utilize the internet to aid their teaching ideas by providing them with, digital audio visual equipments, electronic libraries and smart board that is internet enabled. The Wi-Fi should be passworded and known only to the teachers and staff members. This is my take.

Trash

Godyke:
After installing Wi-Fi are they going to provide them with the tablets and pads to use it with. Or Are they encouraging students and pupils to be using electronic gadgets and high end phones in school. To me this will further act as a distraction to their studies rather than aiding it. Not all students can afford a smart Wi-Fi enabled device and will create bitterness for those who does not have. We all know that nobody can control them when it comes to its usage, hence it will be abused. The government should rather empower the teachers on how best to utilize the internet to aid their teaching ideas by providing them with, digital audio visual equipments, electronic libraries and smart board that is internet enabled. The Wi-Fi should be passworded and known only to the teachers and staff members. This is my take.

Am surprise you are taking a myopic view on this.

The best and enduring education is not the one impacted on you by your teachers, but the one sought by yourself, driven by an inner desire and hunger.

The internet is a vast avenue capable of feeding that hunger and drive, it will enable students to strive beyond the four walls of their classrooms or the limitations of their teacher’s repetitive and tired lesson notes. They will have opportunities and reseviour of knowledge only limited by their drives and desires. At early age, they will be able to see what their peers globally are doing and capable of, making them more apt to compete in the emerging global market place.

Smartphones are ubiquitous these days even in Nigeria, the price point of these devices keep coming down and they are no longer the exclusive reserve of the rich.

Agreed, social misfits will take advantage of it to further their nefarious activities, but that is not enough to deter it. We don’t stop building highways and bridges because Armed Robbers use them to commit their nefarious activities and as such, these concerns should not deter building the information high way or making it more accessible to more Nigerians.

Knowledge is power and advantage.

Lagos is moving forward. With all the state's problems, progress is still being made. Ambode shud just tackle the dirtiness on the main land and he is good to go.



That and traffic!


Tho traffic no get cure for Lagos State

Lol

There's a catch. The one in the BRT asked for TOO MANY permissions. Oh, and they made us install an app before we could connect. An app that asked for call history, storage information, location, etc.

Then it made a request to monitor all traffic going in and out of my phone, through mobile network and WiFi. My phone brought up a popup I'd NEVER seen before telling me only to accept this if its an app I trust.

Do I trust the Nigerian Government? Not at all. I uninstalled their rubbish app immediately. Let them keep their WiFi. I'll use my data in peace lol.

This is a welcome development and once necessary machinery is put in place to maintain it, its going to be of great benefit to lagosians. As expected, some enemies of the Nation are already condemning it.

Nice move by the ever proactive Lagos

kl

Good development for Lagos. Hope others follow as Lagos always takes the lead.

Godyke:
After installing Wi-Fi are they going to provide them with the tablets and pads to use it with. Or Are they encouraging students and pupils to be using electronic gadgets and high end phones in school. To me this will further act as a distraction to their studies rather than aiding it. Not all students can afford a smart Wi-Fi enabled device and will create bitterness for those who does not have. We all know that nobody can control them when it comes to its usage, hence it will be abused. The government should rather empower the teachers on how best to utilize the internet to aid their teaching ideas by providing them with, digital audio visual equipments, electronic libraries and smart board that is internet enabled. The Wi-Fi should be passworded and known only to the teachers and staff members. This is my take.

iranu

Wow... Cool

Kudo to LASG for this it is already happening in Kenya
Lagos is not the Lagos of Nigeria... Lagos is the Lagos of West Africa !

a welcome development but how they will manage it is the real problem...

Lagos seems to be the only state working full time, seems others are doing part time jobs

this is a very good development, I think the school free Wi-Fi should be discouraged or less is for university and poly. lagos is really working, other states are still trying to build roads but Lagos is going beyond.

But wait on. what of abj. I think Abuja is doing well but d don't make media noises. correct me if I am wrong

Some people will not be happy about this.

God bless Ambode.
God bless Ile Yoruba.
God bless Nigeria.
All praise to ododuwa.


#Ekonibaje

Great move

That means husbands go full everywhere bus stop to choose their Wifi naaa

It's a good one I jst hope it's put to good use.

Godyke:
After installing Wi-Fi are they going to provide them with the tablets and pads to use it with. Or Are they encouraging students and pupils to be using electronic gadgets and high end phones in school. To me this will further act as a distraction to their studies rather than aiding it. Not all students can afford a smart Wi-Fi enabled device and will create bitterness for those who does not have. We all know that nobody can control them when it comes to its usage, hence it will be abused. The government should rather empower the teachers on how best to utilize the internet to aid their teaching ideas by providing them with, digital audio visual equipments, electronic libraries and smart board that is internet enabled. The Wi-Fi should be passworded and known only to the teachers and staff members. This is my take.

one step at a time.

Godyke:
After installing Wi-Fi are they going to provide them with the tablets and pads to use it with. Or Are they encouraging students and pupils to be using electronic gadgets and high end phones in school. To me this will further act as a distraction to their studies rather than aiding it. Not all students can afford a smart Wi-Fi enabled device and will create bitterness for those who does not have. We all know that nobody can control them when it comes to its usage, hence it will be abused. The government should rather empower the teachers on how best to utilize the internet to aid their teaching ideas by providing them with, digital audio visual equipments, electronic libraries and smart board that is internet enabled. The Wi-Fi should be passworded and known only to the teachers and staff members. This is my take.

Thank God you said “This is my take”. Let it just remain your TAKE pleeeeeeease! E she gaan, E ku idide!

Naso dem go talk.. the one inside BRT buses are just there for fancy..

Godyke:
After installing Wi-Fi are they going to provide them with the tablets and pads to use it with. Or Are they encouraging students and pupils to be using electronic gadgets and high end phones in school. To me this will further act as a distraction to their studies rather than aiding it. Not all students can afford a smart Wi-Fi enabled device and will create bitterness for those who does not have. We all know that nobody can control them when it comes to its usage, hence it will be abused. The government should rather empower the teachers on how best to utilize the internet to aid their teaching ideas by providing them with, digital audio visual equipments, electronic libraries and smart board that is internet enabled. The Wi-Fi should be passworded and known only to the teachers and staff members. This is my take.

Top 5 most senseless posts of all time... SMH

Godyke:
After installing Wi-Fi are they going to provide them with the tablets and pads to use it with. Or Are they encouraging students and pupils to be using electronic gadgets and high end phones in school. To me this will further act as a distraction to their studies rather than aiding it. Not all students can afford a smart Wi-Fi enabled device and will create bitterness for those who does not have. We all know that nobody can control them when it comes to its usage, hence it will be abused. The government should rather empower the teachers on how best to utilize the internet to aid their teaching ideas by providing them with, digital audio visual equipments, electronic libraries and smart board that is internet enabled. The Wi-Fi should be passworded and known only to the teachers and staff members. This is my take.

Are you in nigeria? I don't think internate-enabled wi-fi phones are unaffordable to most students - many are already using such phones anyway .

Good development

Na to dey sleep for bus terminals or inside public schools sure pass now..

It will b a distraction to public skool students. Social media ti take over