8000 pupils get free school uniform

Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos has distributed free school uniform to 8000 pupils in the ten public primary schools under the council’s administration.

According to a statement issued by Hassan Rabiu, the council’s Head of Information Unit, the event took place last weekend at the Low Cost Housing Estate Primary School.

The council chairman, Kehinde Bamigbetan, said the distribution of the uniform is the third phase of the scheme which his administration started in 2008 when 4200 pupils got free school uniforms. In 2011, 7200 pupils were beneficiaries of the scheme.

“This free uniform project and many others that have been executed by our administration are indication of our commitment to the welfare of our people, we care for the children, we care for parents, that is the position of our party, that is the position of our government”, Bamigbetan said.

The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ademorin Kuye, who was a special guest at the ceremony, said parent have no excuse to deny their children the much-improved primary education.