Lagos family donates hostel, calls for on-campus residence for school staff

A former Minister of Works, Adeseye Ogunlewe, has said principals and teachers should be living on campuses for effective performance aimed at adequately monitoring and tutoring students on the school premises.

Ogunlewe stated this during the foundation laying of a 100-bed space capacity twin hostel to be donated to the Lagos State Civil Service Model College, Igbogbo, by the Fadugba-Ogunlewe Family in honour of their late patriarchs, Amos and Oba Festus Ogunlewe.

He said aside from members of the family members, community members were also involved in the project.

He said, “We don’t have enough accommodation for our students or teachers and we believe that the principal must reside on the campus to be effective.

“Some of the teachers also must reside on the campus and that is the reason why the family, to celebrate 50 years of the death of our father, decided to build two hostels.

“It caused a lot of confusion in the community because the land belonged to the community and they were not happy at all but they persuaded them and they can see the benefits now.”

A member of the family, Jaiyeola Ogunlewe, said the project, when concluded, would immortalise the achievements of their late patriarchs, both of whom the family described as the vanguard of Western education.

He said, “We are the vanguard of Western education in the Igbogbo Kingdom and it is good to revisit some of the achievements in this regard. We assemble to undertake the assignment to immortalise their worthy achievements by erecting edifice in their names for future generations.”

Also, a former Lagos State Head of Service, Adesegun Ogunlewe said Ikorodu indigenes had been supporting educational projects to create an enabling environment for teaching and learning to thrive in the division.

“Ikorodu indigenes have been doing a lot to support education in Lagos State, particularly in Ikorodu Division and our objective in that board is to ensure that we create an enabling environment for teaching and learning and having a good dormitory is one of them,” he said.