The First Lady, Mrs Remi Tinubu, has restated that education is very vital and the administration of President Bola Tinubu will continue to accord it the prominence it deserves.
According to a statement by her media aide, Busola Kukoyi, on Friday, she spoke at the flag-off of the distribution of exercise books to public primary school pupils and junior secondary school students across the nation.
The exercise, which is under the Education Program of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) will give each state of the federation 50,000 exercise books while Kano and Lagos States will get 100,000 exercise books each due to their populations.
Mrs Tinubu said the distribution, which would be through each State Universal Education Board, maybe an annual event.
“There is nothing too much to do for our children. We have started the distribution with Lagos State and today the wife of the Kogi State Governor will receive for her State,” she stated.
The First Lady admonished the children present to be focused on their studies, noting that the administration of President Tinubu will do right to ensure a good life for all the children.
“Stay in school. Do not join bad gangs, don’t succumb to peer- pressure. We will do all we can for you to get a good life,” she added.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC), Hamid Bobboyi, applauded the First Lady for the initiative, emphasising the importance of writing materials to the school system.
He said many State Universal Education Boards neglect this aspect of the system.
“This will go a long way in rectifying the lacuna and improve our school system.
“This donation shows that she is really committed to making the lives of children and even women too, better,” Bobboyi stated.
With the symbolic presentation, all state coordinators of the Renewed Hope Initiative, who are the Wives of the State governors, would begin to pick up their exercise books immediately for onward distribution to public primary school pupils and junior secondary school students in their States.
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