Lagos to spend N20b on health, education sectors
The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to revamp its health and education sectors.
This pronouncement was made by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday, at the 4th Quarterly Town Hall Meeting which was held at the Muslim Praying Ground in Badagry.
He said that N20 billion has been earmarked for this very important purpose. He said modern equipment would be procured to facilitate treatment, while government would also invest massively in capacity building of the medical staff, all in a bid to provide world class health care for the citizenry.
“We have commenced a comprehensive action to rehabilitate and upgrade the facilities in all our hospitals. Modern equipment will be procured to facilitate treatment and we will invest in capacity building of our medical staff. We intend to spend over N10 billion on our hospitals across the state before December this year. We will recruit and train medical professionals in areas of rare specialisation and special needs,” Ambode said.
Regarding education, the Governor said his administration would establish a Technical and Vocational School in Badagry before September 2016, while government would also embark on upgrade of the infrastructure in all public schools starting from July.
According to the Governor, “All our primary and secondary schools will be upgraded to create conducive learning environment for students and teachers. Another N10 billion has been earmarked for this face-lift of our secondary and primary schools”.
Ambode, who recalled the recruitment of a total of 1,300 teachers for primary schools, said that, in the next two weeks, the State Government would start recruiting another 1,000 teachers for the secondary schools.
Speaking on his plans for Youth and Sports for the quarter, the Governor said that government would embark on upgrade of sports facilities and would also support and promote age-grade competitions and sponsor outstanding athletes to national and international training and competitions.
