By Amaka Abayomi

The Layode Sejoro Rilwan (LSR) Foundation has distributed 20 GCE forms, exercise books, mathematical sets, writing materials and school uniforms, to 180 students in the nine government-owned schools in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State.

Speaking at a youth empowerment programme tagged Role of the youths in community development, the founder of LSR Foundation, Mr. Layode Sejoro Rilwan, said the gesture is to give the youths the confidence to believe in themselves and also help them achieve their educational pursuits.

“This Foundation believes that education is king, therefore, we want to empower these students educationally for them not to feel neglected by the government. Since they are given free education, most of them are from poor homes and as such, their parents can hardly afford these things we are giving out today.

“Government is trying its best in the education sector but it can’t do it alone, making it necessary for the private sector to assist. Our time in school was different from what is obtainable now. They need all the assistance they can get because most of them go to school in tattered school uniforms, no sandals and little or no writing materials. But we hope to make that a thing of the past with these donations which would be done quarterly.”

Commending the Foundation for their efforts, a benefiting student of Ansar-ud-deen Senior Secondary School, Damilola Abiola said the donations would help the students’ attendance to school “because we now have writing materials and school uniforms to wear to school and when we go for competitions.”