Japan Donates
Classrooms To Nomadic School
The
Japanese Embassy in Nigeria, in collaboration with Lifeline
Empowerment Initiative, a non governmental organisation, has
donated two blocks of three classrooms, with facilities worth
$84,789 to the Tukpeki community, in the Federal Capital
Territory, as part of its community development project.
Speaking at the official commissioning of the Local Education
Authority Nomadic Primary School in Kuje, the Japanese
Ambassador to Nigeria, Toshitsugu Uesawa said the project was
aimed at improving education at the grassroots level.
He said the international community should focus more attention
on Africa than any part of the world, as Japan consider
education as of priority when rendering assistance to Africa.
According to him, ’’About 72 million children in the world do
not have opportunity to enrol in primary schools and half of
them are Africans. On assumption of office, I promised to
construct classrooms for 5,000 students in the FCT.’’
Uesawa stated that Nigeria and Japan share a common population
as Nigeria ranks 9th with 150 million people while
Japan ranks 10th with 130 million people,
according to world population statistics.
He appealed that children be given equal opportunities in access
to education to enable them to become a competent workforce
after graduating from schools.
The FCT Education Secretary, Alhaji Hussaini Halilu Pai, called
on stakeholders, NGOs and other embassies to emulate the gesture
rendered by the Japanese Embassy and Lifeline Initiative, aimed
at putting smiles on the faces of Nigerian children.
The chairman of Kuje Area Council, Danladi Etsu Zhin, said the
area council consists of over 250 villages and efforts
are being made to affect the lives of its residents positively.
He said that in a bid to bring education to acceptable standards
in the area, there was need to encourage the participation of
private sector operators and friendly nations.
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