Redeemed Church donates school building to Lagos Government
By Dayo Badmus,
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Solid Rock Parish, Ojodu has donated a Modern School Building of 10 classrooms to the Lagos State Government.
The 10- classroom block complex built in Ojodu Primary School was handed over to the government in a brief but colourful ceremony held on Friday, July 8 at the school compound.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, the Pastor In Charge, Lagos Province 40, Pastor Bola Odutola restated that, ‘’RCCG Lagos Province 40 has been providing assistance to support education development efforts by Lagos State Government through various projects.’’
Still explaining further, Odutola said, ‘’ as a church, we believe that education is one of the important sectors for the socio-economic development of any country and it is, therefore, essential that we all work together to assist the Government in delivering quality education for all.’’
He said, ‘’we also believe it is important for all the children to learn in a conducive and safe environment, hence the resolve of our church to support the Government continuously.’’
‘’We seek to mitigate the problem of overcrowded classrooms in this community thereby making the learning environment conducive for learners and educators. We are driven by a resolve to restore dignity to our public schools as most of us are beneficiaries of quality education from public schools.’’
‘’We are, therefore, very pleased with the successful completion of the construction of this block of classrooms,’’ Odutola stated.
While expressing gratitude to the builders and other professionals involved for their efforts, as well as the principal and staff of Ojodu primary School for their cooperation, Odutola urged the school authority to ensure that the new block of classrooms is well -utilized and properly maintained.
In her response to the good efforts of the church, Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, who received the donation on behalf of the government, expressed appreciation to the church saying, ‘’ the state had a long and good relationship with the Redeemed Christian Church of God.’’
She said, ‘’On behalf of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, we thank the church very much. We are proud of the relationship with RCCG. This is not the first RCCG church project I am commissioning as a Commissioner. My own first commissioning as a Commissioner was a school built by RCCG church in Lagos Island where they also gave school bags and a lot of school equipment to children. Again, I say thank you.’’
Adefisayo also urged the school authority to maintain the building and make sure the facilities are always in good condition.
It could be recalled that in 2016, RCCG Solid Rock Parish also handed over a block of ten classrooms to the same school. The school is perhaps the biggest public primary school cluster in the Ojodu community with at least three schools in the same compound.
The new classrooms will help the school to further bring its student-per-classroom ratio to a good point.
