LAGOS: Itamarun community to benefit from Rotary Club’s education scheme

ROTARY Club of Lagos in District 9110 has announced plans to build a primary school for the people of Itamarun community in Ibeju Lekki, as part of the organisation’s intervention initiatives in the area of education.

President of the club, Rotarian Dare Adeyeri, who made this disclosure at its Annual President’s Dinner and Fundraising Nite held in Lagos, recently, explained that the plan was in tune with the club’s mission of bringing smiles to the faces of the less privileged in the society.

He stated further that  the choice of Itamarun was informed by the obvious lack of such facility in the coastal community.

Rotarian Adeyeri added that the fund-raising event, being organised by the club is a way of putting resources together by members, to enable it achieve the goal of building the primary school as quickly as possible.

Stated Adeyeri, “Early in the year, we lined up 24 projects for execution this year, and building a primary school for the Itamarun community is one of such projects.

“So far, 23 out of the 24 projects have been accomplished. What we have left now is the Itamarun Primary School, and that is why we are organising this fund-raising to enable us achieve that.”

Besides the proposed school project, Rotarian Adeyeri said the club, in the past few years, had carried out others, including erection of six street lights, clearing of the major gutters in the community to prevent flooding, provision of delivery kits for expectant mothers, and the donation of a palm kernel crusher for the community.

While commending  Rotary Club of Lagos for their efforts at putting smiles on the faces of the people, the District Governor, Rotarian Bola Oyebade, stated that since it was becoming increasingly impossible for government alone to meet the needs of the people, it had become imperative for organisations such as Rotary to intervene.

He expressed the belief that the proposed school would go a long way in meeting the educational needs of the obviously-disadvantaged coastal community.