By Ebunoluwa Sessou

Member of the House of Representatives representing Ondo East/West federal constituency, Mr. Abiola Makinde PhD, has facilitated a school empowerment scheme for students and schools in his constituency.

The event held at the NIEPA Hall, Ondo, witnessed the distribution of educational materials to primary school pupils, secondary schools students and public schools within Ondo East and West Federal Constituency.

Items distributed includes notebooks, textbooks, laptops, projectors, digital printers, TV projectors, scanners, modern desks, photocopier machines,etc.
In his remarks, Makinde made reference to the very important role of education as a veritable tools for national development and social cohesion. Adding that he is committed to the sustenance of the empowerment programme which has now become a yearly event for the overall benefit of the community.

He noted that education remains a critical and important part of his WEALTH agenda, which include Water Education Agriculture Light Training and Health, a multi-sectoral framework for accelerated development of Ondo East and West Federal Constituency.

Makinde explained that his interventions so far in the educational sector includes: donation of new primary schools, facilitation of a modern library, donation of blocks of classroom in several primary schools, donation of critical equipments among other things.

Some of the parents and students who benefited from the empowerment programme appreciated the lawmaker for providing modern educational equipment that would equip them with the requisite knowledge and skills necessary for them to compete favorably with their peers in other climes.

Stakeholders in the education sector present at the event commended Makinde for his continuous, timely, standard and far-reaching intervention and investment in the education sector in Ondo East and Ondo West federal constituency, noting that his sterling efforts in the sector will not go unnoticed in the annals of history.