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Community To Launch N500m Education Fund
Members of Agege Community in Lagos State will launch a N500 million education endowment fund to help improve education infrastructure and standard in the area .
Mr Afolabi Ayantayo, a prominent member of the community and Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu on Parastatals Monitoring,said this at a news conference in Lagos.
He said the fund ,to be launched during the week-long Agege Day celebration ,would help to reposition schools and impact positively on students in the community.
Ayantayo described education as the foundation of development, saying members of the community were committed to promoting the development of the area through investment in education.
The governor’s aide added that the annual celebration, which started on December16 and will end on Friday (December 23), is an opportunity for members of the community to come together and contribute their quota to the development of the area.
“A lot of programmes and events will also feature during the week-long celebration .We want the world to come and celebrate with us.
“All hands are on deck to guarantee a hitch-free celebration that will educate, entertain, illuminate and excite the entire populace and well-wishers who will be welcomed to celebrate with us from across the world”, he said
Ayantayo, also the chairman, organising committee of the celebration, said prominent people and accomplished indigenes of the area ,both in Nigeria and diasporas, had indicated interest to participate in the celebration.
Speaking on the other events lined up for the celebration, Ayantayo said there will be performances by musicians of various genres while theatre practitioners would also be around to provide entertainment.
He added that the event would also feature a beauty pageant, cultural displays, and street carnivals.
The committee chairman said a school debate with the topic, “Moral decadence among the youths: who is to blame, government or parents” will also be organised for secondary school students.
as he had facilitated many development projects to the area
The Alliance Française Port Harcourt in conjunction with the Embassy of France Nigeria over the weekend joined the globe to campaign against the 2025 gender- based violence (GBV) with the theme: “16 Days of Activism Against Gender- Based Voice”
The event which took place at the event Hall of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt was in collaboration with the Female in Gaming Network, ( FIGN) and partnership with Nexal a body that seeks to promote online safety and responsible digital behaviour.
The Tide reports that the project which was aimed at promoting digital safety and girls inclusion in Gaming, with the initiative tagged ‘Gameover Gender- Base Violence’was part of the global campaign against gender- based Violence.
The activity which experienced a flavour of festivity was full of fun and excitements as participants took part in tournaments on popular digital games such as Mario kart and EAFC 25, with an intent to creating safer and more inclusive digital spaces.
The Director of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt, Mrs Marina Lacal said that these activities were designed to encourage inclusion of girls, team work and fair play on online gaming spaces, saying that the gaming world reflects these inequalities, where female players are often under represented.
According to her the main objectives of the initiative was to provide a supportive environment for girls and female in gaming network.
“GameOverGBV” is a project created to reshape this landscape by offering an innovative inclusiveness of girls on online digital Gaming community and digital environments that provide opportunities for creativity, learning and connection, but also fight against Gender-Based Violence Digital Gaming,”she said
She however, explained that the Digital Game, sport competitions, was launched to strengthen social and digital skills through games, workshops, and raise awareness among all young participants about respect, equality and digital citizenship.
The Tide News reports that in Port Harcourt, the competition brought together 100 young participants from three major universities: University of Port Harcourt, ( UNIPORT),Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE) and Rivers State University (RSU)as well as students from four selected secondary schools, Oginigba comprehensive Secondary.School, Vine lnternational, Virgo predicanda lnternational, and Excellent Montessori Secondary school.
“This is an approach where girls and boys can learn, play and collaborate in a more respectful and safe space for young women, while ensuring a safe, enjoyable and respectful digital environment. It also expose young women to cyberbullying, exclusion, sexist comments and online hate,” Mrs. Lacal said.
Earlier, a game developer Sophia Nei and her. team had engaged participants in an interactive session with the theme: “Can Video Games Be Safe Spaces For Girls?”
However, Mrs Nei and her team educated the girls on the benefits and violence on online digital gaming and urged them ( participants)to learn to say ‘No’ to Online hate, sexist and cyber bullying, while encouraging them(students) to stand up for themselves by reporting such issues to the appropriate authority.
Highlight of the competition was the awarding of prizes to winners by the Director of Alliance Française, Mrs Marina Lacal.
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