On a brighter note,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA2Z_3NL2PU&feature=related

Lagos has always been green with Spyrogira.

Fantastic . if only they fix the electricity issues?

Lagos indeed does look cleaner:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s3jHRtVM3Y

White kid on Okada riding around Lekki.  Especially taking note of the side of the roads, there used to be piles of garbage everywhere before and rusty market stalls. Yellow buses are gone too.


*edit* At around 5:50 i loled @ white lady strolling around the side street. Its the 1st time I see white people walkin around nonchalantly like that in Lagos.

That's very beautiful. Go fashola.

strangleyo:

Lagos indeed does look cleaner:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s3jHRtVM3Y

White kid on Okada riding around Lekki. Especially taking note of the side of the roads, there used to be piles of garbage everywhere before and rusty market stalls. Yellow buses are gone too.


*edit* At around 5:50 i loled @ white lady strolling around the side street. Its the 1st time I see white people walkin around nonchalantly like that in Lagos.

Where do you live in lagos? White people have been strolling streets in VI/Ikoyi and environs since colonisation

Hmmm, the dude did a great job. I can actually understand him.

blacksta:

Fantastic . if only they fix the electricity issues?

One step at a time

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they need to de-populate Lagos. Oya igbo pple carry ya bag go house!

good job Mr. Gov, nice video, but why are there always pple everywhere?

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Oh wow it had changed a lot since the last time I was there. Great job Mr. Governor.

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Lagos should work on the following projects first:

1) sewage system throughout whole of Lagos
2) Solar energy electricity system throughout whole of Lagos
3) Non-polluting forms of transport, and finding the most commercially viable forms of green power and transport technology.
4) communications satellite for broadband and phone system
5) paved roads with traffic lights and pavements
6) road names and signs
7) Introduce a "zero emissions" policy to cut car pollution in Lagos

@poster, how abt Lagos goin pink.

Horus:

Lagos should work on the following projects first:

1) sewage system throughout whole of Lagos
2) Solar energy electricity system throughout whole of Lagos
3) Non-polluting forms of transport, and finding the most commercially viable forms of green power and transport technology.
4) communications satellite for broadband and phone system
5) paved roads with traffic lights and pavements
6) road names and signs
7) Introduce a "zero emissions" policy to cut car pollution in Lagos

Dont you think you are pushing it

Horus:

Lagos should work on the following projects first:

1) sewage system throughout whole of Lagos
2) Solar energy electricity system throughout whole of Lagos
3) Non-polluting forms of transport, and finding the most commercially viable forms of green power and transport technology.
4) communications satellite for broadband and phone system
5) paved roads with traffic lights and pavements
6) road names and signs
7) Introduce a "zero emissions" policy to cut car pollution in Lagos

fashola isn't superman. he is trying small small

A power project would do wonders for the state's manufacturing industry.

whats Fashola's agenda for Education and Health,those sectors seems to be lacking serious attention

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what happened to the millenium schools project by tinubu. Shouldn't fashola continue with that?

the Lagos state deputy governor is in charge of education. the millenium schools project engineered by the tinubu administration is as good as the regular jakande schools right now.

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http://h3.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2009022010192350



The Millennium Secondary School, Egbeda, Lagos, one of the ‘well-equipped’ schools built a few years ago by the state government, now typifies the decay in Nigeria’s education sector. Kemi Obasola reports on the harrowing experiences of pupils and teachers of the school.

Pupils of the junior arm of the Millenium Secondary School in Egbeda, a suburb of Lagos, are schooling the hard way. They are now learning to study without chairs. A number of them now come to school with cloths which they spread on the bare, dusty floor in their classrooms, while others simply stand or get sacks that they can sit on.

But it is a harrowing experience getting these pupils to adapt to the situation in this city of 15 million people that is often described as Nigeria’s economic nerve centre.

Last Wednesday was a typical bad day in the calendar of this school that wears the toga of a Millennium School, the flagship education project of the last administration in Lagos State. A parent was seen arguing with some of the teachers on why his son should sit on the floor to learn.

The man, who was heard shouting on top of his voice, said he had bought a chair and table for his son twice in the 2008/2009 session, but, the boy still sat on the floor to learn.

The father said, “I want to know if there are armed robbers who steal furniture in this school. If the government cannot provide furniture for the pupils, must thieves steal the ones that parents buy?”

Our correspondent, who had earlier been barred by the school authorities from moving round the school, took advantage of the man’s protest to walk round the compound.

In one of the classes, some pupils stood on the corridor struggling to grasp what the teacher was saying, while others sat on the windows. A good number sat on the floor. There were some who simply stood at the back of the classroom talking and distracting the attention of others that had chairs to sit on. There was no evidence of civility that is befitting of a millennium school.

Our correspondent found a class with no teacher. When the pupils were asked how many of them were in the classroom, they said they did not know as three arms of Junior Secondary School-One had been merged.

The other classes were not different as teachers struggled to impart knowledge to their pupils, while the heat generated from the congestion in the classrooms could be felt even on the corridors. Although it was 10.30 am, half of the class was drenched in sweat, and there was neither electricity nor fan to cool the choked room.

A teacher, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said the situation had made teaching in the school difficult and tiring.

According to the teacher, about a week ago, a pupil fainted in one of the classrooms and had to be rushed to a hospital. She added that teachers visited hospitals on a regular basis due to exhaustion.

She said, “It is sad that despite several complaints to the appropriate authorities, the situation has not changed. A teacher has to teach as many as 1,000 pupils, mark hundreds of scripts and shout at the top of his or her voice to make sure that the pupils learn.

“The pupils too are not comfortable. Once they get an opportunity or the teacher faces the board, they sneak out of class. These days, our vice-principal has to stay at the gate to stop roaming during school hours. There are no toilets. The pupils leave the school on the excuse that they need to ease themselves. One of them actually urinated in his pants one day because he was not allowed out of school during school hours to urinate. We thought he was joking or that he wanted to play truancy.

“The pupils come to school with their mothers’ wrappers or sacks to sit on in class. They complain of backache, while some just sleep off due to fatigue. This school is not supposed to be here at all. This place is supposed to be a senior secondary school, but we are here sharing facilities with the seniors and even disturbing them. When furniture get missing, it is because we do not know who has stolen them. Anybody can come from the senior secondary school to steal a chair. How do we then recover it?”

Asked what could be done to salvage the situation, a school worker who does not want his name mentioned said, “There is need for a new school entirely with its own facilities. Thousands of pupils share facilities for just about 500 pupils. How can they learn? What are they learning? The teachers can hardly cope with the rigours of the job. About 52 teachers have been transferred to other schools since this session started. Others are already seeking transfer. How many notebooks can a teacher crosscheck? How many pupils can a teacher monitor? As I speak with you, I feel sad because these pupils are not learning. They only come to mark time, roaming has become their pastime. If you are not a watchful teacher, you will end up teaching an empty class because every second, one pupil attempts to sneak out of class.

“Those who look at the beautiful walls of this millennium school from outside do not know what is going on here, we will continue to try our best as teachers and leave the rest to God because it is obvious that government is not ready to do anything.”

The idea of millennium schools in each local government area of the state came up during the tenure of the immediate past governor of the state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to bridge the gap between public and private schools.

In an interview with our correspondent in September 2008, the state Deputy-Governor, who is also in charge of the Education Ministry, Mrs. Sarah Sosan, had said, “We are vigorously working on the construction of more schools in areas such as Alimosho, Ikorodu and Ojo. We have also adopted a new policy, “21 classrooms” which will be replicated in every local government council. Apart from that, we are providing more furniture while most of our secondary schools are under repairs. The governor has been magnanimous enough to increase the education budget to N14bn. The pressure is much on our junior secondary schools, but we will ensure that our secondary schools do not have more than a population of 1,500 pupils at any given time. It is a challenge to us and we are facing it squarely.”

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the state Ministry of Education, Mr. Tunji Bakare, said the government was aware, but was evasive on whether there would be an immediate intervention. “Government is trying to provide the best for its pupils. We are working hard to provide infrastructure and other learning facilities so that our schools can be the best.

“This is why the ‘Support Our Schools Initiative’ was inaugurated to encourage private sector participation. Government cannot do it alone. Members of the private sector can also contribute. Lagosians should always pay their tax so that government can fulfil its obligations.”

Are we really prepared for the century?

kobojunkie, i was about to put up a link to that article as well.

part of the problem is too many students in the classes and the teachers and outsiders are stealing the furnitures that is been provided. Another problem is Nigeria's lack of maintenance culture

Anyways if i find the article from 234next.com I will post it. It had an article around march about working beginning on Jankande style school been converted to 2-3 floor schools.

You actually want to blame the problem on students and the claim they steal the furniture?? ROflmao!!

Kobojunkie:

You actually want to blame the problem on students and the claim they steal the furniture?? ROflmao!!

what part of my statement clam its the students stealing the furniture or they are the problem?

some schools that are provided furniture get it stolen by this area boys, since the schools don't have gates or anything like that all you have to do is enter break the window or wooden door and take the furniture. The teachers are also stealing the little to nothing materials that the local and state government provide (even though its more of eye service to claim they are doing something for education).

And the fact that I said there are to many students in the classroom is not blaming the students, but pointing out the its the fault of the federal, state and local government to provide more classes or open more schools.

moneygurl:

what part of my statement clam its the students stealing the furniture or they are the problem?

Your first statement lists students, teachers and outsiders as part of the problem (stealing furnitures that is being provided), or is that not what you meant.

moneygurl:

some schools that are provided furniture get it stolen by this area boys, since the schools don't have gates or anything like that all you have to do is enter break the window or wooden door and take the furniture.
The teachers are also stealing the little to nothing materials that the local and state government provide (even though its more of eye service to claim they are doing something for education).

Hhmm . . .  Why would anyone in his/her right mind provide anything to schools in Lagos without at least ensuring that they will not end up the same way millions of dollars worth of goods given the same have in the past? Are you saying that the same state/Local governments, where millions of dollars of school equipment and supplies have gone missing in the past, felt it right, for the umpteenth time, to supply the schools with equipment without putting a check in place to ensure the supply does not end up missing at the end of the day?

wow how does a school get that bad within 10 years. damn our maintenance culture sure sucks

brb