Odunmbaku Strengthens Education Sector With Back-To-School Initiative, Honours Exemplary Teachers In Ojodu LCDA

In a demonstration of his administration’s commitment to quality education, the Executive Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, Hon. Segun Odunmbaku, today hosted Presentation of Back-to-School Items and Teachers Empowerment Scheme Award Ceremony, at the Council Secretariat Hall.

The event saw the empowering of 2000 kids with distribution of 2000 school bags, 25,000 exercise books and writing materials to pupils across all public primary schools in Ojodu LCDA, including Ojodu Primary Schools 1–3, Estate Primary School, Ogba Primary School, and Oke Ira Primary School.

In his keynote address, Hon. Odunmbaku reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering focus on education, describing it as “the foundation for societal progress”. He cited key achievements such as the distribution of 500 classroom furniture with provision of free JAMB and GCE forms for indigent students with additional 250 GCE forms distributed last month and digital training in partnership with TCK Fellowship that trained over 2,600 pupils in Coding, robotics and digital skills to be extended to all primary schools this term.

Under the Teachers Empowerment Scheme, top-performing educators,
Mrs. Abiodun Salamotu Shuaib, Mrs. Tijani Ibrahim Kafayat and Mrs. Mariam Omobolanle were rewarded with cash prizes — ₦350,000, ₦250,000, and ₦150,000 respectively while ten others received ₦50,000 consolation prizes.

The event, which was attended by the Vice Chairman, Hon Funmilayo Layeni, House Leader, Hon Opeyemi Apatira with Councillors, education stakeholders, political, religious and community leaders, also featured wife of the Chairman, Mrs. Abimbola Odunmbaku distributing sanitary pads to schoolgirls, further emphasizing the council’s holistic support for education and youth welfare in line with it’s HEYSRELOADED AGENDA.