A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly representing Ogbomoso North state constituency, Hon. Olawumi Bimbo Oladeji has reiterated her commitment towards the promotion of education in her constituency and the state at large.
The lawmaker, who is the only female in the ninth Assembly disclosed this while donating teaching and writing materials to schools in her constituency.
The gesture, which cuts across both primary and secondary schools in Ogbomoso North, is an annual event by the lawmaker as part of her contribution to raise the bar of education in Oyo State.
Some of the beneficiary schools are Ogbomoso Girls High School and Primary School, Community High School and Community Grammar School, Ori-Oke, Ogbomosho.
Items donated included note books and packs of chalks.
Addressing journalists after she donated the notebooks and the packs of chalks to the schools, Hon. Oladeji who is the Proprietor of Wumi Oladeji Foundation (WFO), a charity organization dedicated to Women and Child Rights Protection in the state said, the exercise was part of her commitment to improve the education sector in her constituency and the state at large.
She disclosed that the notebooks will not only aid the students and teachers’ learning and teaching process but will also serve as support mechanism that would help cushion the economic impacts of education on households of the beneficiaries.
Hon. Oladeji who is equally the Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Inclusion is a twoterm lawmaker seeking a re-election for a third term in office on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to the lawmaker, “it is important to prioritize the education of our children in order to build a stronger society in terms of opportunities in both public and private socioeconomic spheres.
“This is part of my commitment to my constituency and Oyo State as a whole not only as a lawmaker in the state but also as part of our dedication to raise the bar of education.
“My desire and commitment is to continue to provide qualitative representation for the good people of Ogbomosho North at the hallow chambers of the Oyo State House of Assembly.” Hon. Oladeji said.
The representatives of the beneficiary schools expressed their appreciation to the lawmaker her timely intervention targeting at improving the standard of education in the state.
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