Isolo, Lagos

Sun. 19th Oct. ‘25

It can be confidently said that the thousands of pupils across the 14 public primary schools in Isolo LCDA have been given the needed head-start to achieve academic excellence in this new session. 

This is as the Council authority under the visionary leadership of Olasoju Adebayo concluded its distribution of essential educational items to the pupils. 

The project tagged ‘Mega Back-to-School’, captured under the council’s far-reaching educational policy, featured the distribution of brand new school bags, uniforms, sandals of appropriate sizes as well as pairs of socks and writing materials to each of the close to 7,000 pupils across the 14 public primary schools in the council area. 

Recall that the project was formally flagged-off last month on the council premises where the council boss described it as a furtherance of his administration’s commitment to giving the pupils strong educational foundation. 

Olasoju who was joined at the event by key players in the education sector across the council area and the state such as the Commissioner for Basic Education, Hon. Jamiu Ali-Balogun, the education secretary for Oshodi-Isolo LGEA, Hon. Mayowa Alakija among other dignitaries recalled the impact of the project\'s first edition stressing that his administration would stop at noting in supporting the education of pupils in public schools to make their  academic pursuit pleasurable in Isolo LCDA.   

While also announcing cash rewards for best teaching, non-teaching and headteacher in the council area, the council boss, flanked by other dignitaries presented the educational materials-filled backpacks to over 700 pupils selected from across the 14 primary schools to flag-off the exercise. 

Meanwhile, the distribution committee headed by the former Chief of Staff to the Chairman, Hon. Musbau Quadri, penultimate Thursday, transversed the length and breadth of Isolo, visiting the subsisting schools to dole out the items to the remaining pupils. 

The first port of call for the team was Gbeleyi Primary school before heading to Local Government, Estate, and St. Paul’s Anglican primary schools where the team was warmly received by the schools’ authorities and the ecstatic pupils.

In the following days, the train moved to Akinbaiye Primary School as well as Ansar-Ud-Deen, and Faronbi Primary Schools before shifting attention to Ilasamaja Primary School, Ire-Akari Estate Model and Olokun Primary school. Last Friday, the three remaining schools namely, Ajao Estate, Kusoru and Dele Ajomale Primary Schools where visited to round off the exercise and while ensuring that no school or pupil was left out of the educational largesse. 

Each of the headteachers pleasurably showered praises on Olasoju for what they described as a laudable initiative as they confirmed that, like it was last year, the project has led to exponential enrollments of pupils in their respective schools.

“This project gladdens my heart and I’ll like to commend the council chairman for his thoughtfulness. As you can see our pupils have drastically increased and, as a matter of fact, that they all have writing materials is a big relief to us as teachers because some of them, their parents find it difficult to afford essential writing materials. I commend the council chairman for domesticating the president’s renewed hope agenda in the area of education by way of this impactful project,” said the headteacher of Kusoru Primary School, Mr. Morakinyo Daud. 

Speaking on behalf of their counterparts, the headboy, headgirl, library and health prefects of Faronbi primary school, Gbenga AbdulAzeez, Rita, Chidinma and Taiwo Pelumi, respectively appreciated the council chairman as they promised to make his investment in their future worthwhile by excelling in their academics. 

Other members of the council’s distribution committee include, the Chairman, Community Development Committee (CDC) Hon. Adesegun Olatunde; the Secretary, Hon. Sahid Olanrewaju, Hon. Musbau Dorishamu, Hon. Abiola Ayinde-Marshal, Alhaji Rasheed Iskilu, Alhaja Ganiyat Badmus, Hon. Sesan Adebayo among others. 

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Media Office