Vquest:

Whoever is in charge of this went through all the trouble of setting the photo shoots and yet neglected to find caps that fit? Why were the caps even necessary. Those things looked like they were picked up for 1 naira at a street corner.

What pictures are you talking about?

@Babapupayellow - Did you remove the pictures? I wan see dem o!!! 

@Beaf - Abeg leave Babapupayellow alone na! Dem take fight-fight swear for both of you? 

phantom:

sorry o! let me ask, if it was akala or any other governor that sent these kids out, would the opinions here remain the same??i seriously doubt.lets say tell ourselves the truth, very few would change.
no amount of leadership training will take the place of good family upbringing, that IMHO is where we should focus on, forget all this jamboree our leaders are doin to make them look good.
our families have failed, ok, after the training what nextthese kids come home to see cases of corruption grace our headlinescome back to see daddy pay lots of money to rig elections?come home to hear their parents abuse someone from another tribe?come home to see their colleagues cheat to pass exams, 'runs' their way through school or see uche's rich father pay all the way to his first degree while tayo whose scored 300 in jamb cant make the 3rd list??
we are joking in this country and the earlier we learn that you cant fall a tree by cuttin its branches,the better for us
what else will make these kids leaders other than learning in good well structured schools,with well equipped libraries and labs, with qualified teachers who do not bring egusi to class for peeling.
Are all the schools in lagos in top shape? or are these kid parliamentarians kids of the high and mighty who have everything and are now lookin to be made 'leaders' lol, let us tell it as it is, this is another pub. stunt by govt.
Fashola is doing well, let him leave this SHOW hes puttin up and continue with more important things, that money should have been put to better use, sentiments aside!

Viaguru:

They will be back home with AIDS.

adconline:

The fact that Ohakim took some kids to RSA during WC doesnt mean that he  didnt waste  public funds.  The problem with Nigeria is that  we dont have a comparative benchmark for accountability and good governance. ie  We have always known bad leadership, so our sense of measurement revolves from bad to worse.  

We like to portray what we are not.  Granted that those kids looked good on those well tailored suits, could Fashola and co provide similar uniforms of the same quality to all the primary and high schoolers in the state if the state has got so much money to blow? I wonder how  many students from Kwazulu Natal province from RSA have been sent to Nigeria to learn leadership skills, or our literary skills? Better leadership skills could be learned from our leaders when they start  doing the right  things.
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things" Peter Drucker

For those saying that nobody is complaining, because  house assembly members are not complaining, show me FOI act that empowers me to access govt info without any hinderance. Or go ask those who demanded that Bankole be probed what happened to them.

A paid and rented out portion of your brain cannot allow you to think. Not everyone is in Fashola's pocket like you. The point most folks are expressing here is that it's not a cost disciplined way of spending public resources. I wonder if those kids have been to NASS, DMO, NDA and some other Naija institutions? Dont believe that everyone on NL has left his brain at Alausa b4 coming here to make his points.  Fashola is god of governance in  Lagos to you , because you have got a mediocre sense of accomplishment that doesn't weigh costs VS delivery. Blame legacy costs of bad leadership for  you warped views on governance.

kilakhan:

leadership training is SA? i hope they get some points from the inimitable Jacob Zuma, corruption, despoil of HIV positive women, polygamy etc

kilakhan:

@babapupa
just pointing out that SA is a funny place to go for leadership training when they have a very controversial President, its like going to Zimbabwe for leadership training from Mugabe, no one was wishing the kids ill, lighten up man!

sjeezy8:

Dont know what the big deal is I think its obvious most of the people shooting down the trip have never been to a REAL Uni or Good schools period. because Alot of SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND UNIS in America have leadership training programs in which the students go to different countries such as Brazil, South africa etc.

too many slow people in NL. . . BOUT TO NOT GET ON ANYMORE

nice photos big up to fash

Kobojunkie:

Name one of those schools/programs so we can research to find out how exactly the program(if any) compares with this particular one.

kilakhan:

@bubapapa
if kids are coming to nigeria to learn about good leadership or say free and fair elections i would find it amusing, use your head, read between the lines and stop being obtuse, am out of here,

its obvious most of the people shooting down the trip have never been to a REAL Uni or Good schools period

omo~fat:

But what really is the problem with going to learn from someone who is different? Someone mentioned that we have good speakers in nigeria and all kinds of names have been dropped here (soyinka, durotoye, etc etc etc). Yes that may be very true. No one is saying they can't learn anything from these guys. They are all brilliant in all they do but you guys are setting up false alternatives. Why can't they do both? - Why can't they learn from durotoye and then still learn from people that are different? Different speakers have different experiences and styles and they all bring these to bear during their presentations.

Which reminds me, just a forthnight ago, I attended a 1 hour lecture on this same leadership and the main speaker was a man called John Peters (google it); for anyone here old enough to remember the first gulf war, he was an RAF fighter pilot who was shot down by the iraqis during that war, wsa tortured and paraded on tv. Now his entire presentation was on leadership but he shared a lot of his experiences during that war and it was really moving and I have to say it was a real privileged hearing him speak. I had thought before I went that what do these people want to tell us again about leadership? I went in with so much doubt and all but by the end of it I was converted. It was that good. So I ask again, what is the fear in allowing our children to learn from people that are different? - I have listened to durotoye and I will admit that he does have something to say and I have left his talks feeling inspired too. Why can't kids learn from all of them?

I suppose we (those who just oppose going abroad) could argue that why don't we fly in these different speakers from elsewhere and bring them to Lagos and have the seminar there. Firstly, that still denies the kids the opportunity to travel and 'experience' something different. Secondly, if they did that there are people here that will still complain about why are they bringing foreigners? - why are they using white people? - People have been reduced to making such emotional arguments in the absence of any real substance.

Someone on this forum actually said something along the lines of if he had a family business and wanted to train his child to take over the business, will he send the child to learn from someone else's business? that isn't that like admitted there is nothing to learn in his own company? -- There are so many ways to take down that argument that I'm not really sure where to start. Suffice it to say that people in such situations gladly do both. They DO send their kids to outside firms to learn how things are done in outside places and THEN bring them back to the firm to which they are the heirs to learn the ropes in preparation of them taking over. These things are not mutually exclusive and people develop and grow better for the experience. This navel gazing and incestous way of thinking has to stop. Diversity is not a bad thing!

Now as to the fact that it is public money. I don't see too many things better to spend public funds on than on giving poor disadvantages but smart children a chance in life. We have been plagued so much with bad leadership that we have become cynical to anything good. This is public fund and as long as it isn't ending up in Fashola's personal pocket (and I'm not arguing that it isn't), but as long as it is being put to good use for something that would ultimately benefit the state in the long term, then I think it makes sense. And it's not the same money they use to collect garbage (someone actually said the money should be used to collect garbage instead - *sigh*). They have budgetary allocations for these things and these monies have most likely been approved already and allocated.

There is nothing wrong with learning from south africans, egyptians, ghanaians, americans, italians, hell aliens even. It doesn't make us weaker; rather stronger and our kids are the better for it.

LAGOS State Government has restated its commitment to the provision of quality education that will ensure that products of the system will be able to proffer solutions to the myriad of developmental and infrastructural challenges confronting the nation.

“With this goal that we have set for ourselves, the state government has resolved to revamp and endear technical and vocational education to the heart of parents and students,” the Deputy Governor, Princess Sarah Adebisi Sosan, said yesterday.

It was at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, the state capital, where the key of a KIA Rio car was handed over to the overall Best Teacher in the state, Mrs. Iribiri Moniola Oladunni, a Mathematics teacher at Sonmori Senior Comprehensive School II, in the Education District I.

While decorating the best teachers, schools and pupils in the state public schools, as well as ministry officials at the 2009/2010 edition of the State Education Annual Merit Award, Mrs. Sosan said the programme was designed to celebrate hard work and diligence among those whose performance in the past year had been adjudged outstanding.

Mrs. Sosan, who oversees the Education Ministry, assured Lagosians that the Babatunde Fashola-led administration would continue to ensure equitable access to education without bias for the status of the parents and students.

She said: “We will, therefore, continue with the current drive to rehabilitate and construct new schools. Besides, necessary steps are being intensified to enhance pupils' performance and learning outcomes through human capacity development and regular training programmes.”

The deputy governor bemoaned the attitude of parents who keep their physically challenged children at home rather than send them to school, urging parents to enrol such pupils in special schools and inclusive units built by the state government for pupils with disabilities.

The Chairman, Elizade Nigeria Limited, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, who was the Chairman of the event, also harped on moral education, saying parents should, as a matter of necessity, give their children sound moral upbringing at home before sending them to school.

Underscoring the significance of the award ceremony, he challenged the award recipients to sustain the tempo of outstanding performance, urging those who were not doing well to brace up for the challenges of providing quality education and service, in line with the vision of the state government.

omo~fat:

But what really is the problem with going to learn from someone who is different? Someone mentioned that we have good speakers in nigeria and all kinds of names have been dropped here (soyinka, durotoye, etc etc etc). Yes that may be very true. No one is saying they can't learn anything from these guys. They are all brilliant in all they do but you guys are setting up false alternatives. Why can't they do both? - Why can't they learn from durotoye and then still learn from people that are different? Different speakers have different experiences and styles and they all bring these to bear during their presentations.

Which reminds me, just a forthnight ago, I attended a 1 hour lecture on this same leadership and the main speaker was a man called John Peters (google it); for anyone here old enough to remember the first gulf war, he was an RAF fighter pilot who was shot down by the iraqis during that war, wsa tortured and paraded on tv. Now his entire presentation was on leadership but he shared a lot of his experiences during that war and it was really moving and I have to say it was a real privileged hearing him speak. I had thought before I went that what do these people want to tell us again about leadership? I went in with so much doubt and all but by the end of it I was converted. It was that good. So I ask again, what is the fear in allowing our children to learn from people that are different? - I have listened to durotoye and I will admit that he does have something to say and I have left his talks feeling inspired too. Why can't kids learn from all of them?

I suppose we (those who just oppose going abroad) could argue that why don't we fly in these different speakers from elsewhere and bring them to Lagos and have the seminar there. Firstly, that still denies the kids the opportunity to travel and 'experience' something different. Secondly, if they did that there are people here that will still complain about why are they bringing foreigners? - why are they using white people? - People have been reduced to making such emotional arguments in the absence of any real substance.

Someone on this forum actually said something along the lines of if he had a family business and wanted to train his child to take over the business, will he send the child to learn from someone else's business? that isn't that like admitted there is nothing to learn in his own company? -- There are so many ways to take down that argument that I'm not really sure where to start. Suffice it to say that people in such situations gladly do both. They DO send their kids to outside firms to learn how things are done in outside places and THEN bring them back to the firm to which they are the heirs to learn the ropes in preparation of them taking over. These things are not mutually exclusive and people develop and grow better for the experience. This navel gazing and incestous way of thinking has to stop. Diversity is not a bad thing!

Now as to the fact that it is public money. I don't see too many things better to spend public funds on than on giving poor disadvantages but smart children a chance in life. We have been plagued so much with bad leadership that we have become cynical to anything good. This is public fund and as long as it isn't ending up in Fashola's personal pocket (and I'm not arguing that it isn't), but as long as it is being put to good use for something that would ultimately benefit the state in the long term, then I think it makes sense. And it's not the same money they use to collect garbage (someone actually said the money should be used to collect garbage instead - *sigh*). They have budgetary allocations for these things and these monies have most likely been approved already and allocated.

There is nothing wrong with learning from south africans, egyptians, ghanaians, americans, italians, hell aliens even. It doesn't make us weaker; rather stronger and our kids are the better for it.

oyb:

no mind these jealous people who can only field failures who are best at giving amnesty to kidnappers or engaging in wars with their deputiesd

while their heroes are granting the likes of etteh with cfr or gcfr or whatever it is, LASG is rewarding the people who count and who will contribute to our future

let them open their mouths to blather about wasting of money

http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64971:lagos-rewards-best-teacher-with-kia-car-gift-&catid=43:news&Itemid=799