The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, Mr. Jimi Agbaje has espoused solution to the problem of street urchins known local parlance as Area Boys. According to him, Education remains a tool to turn their lives around for the better.
Agbaje contended that with good education, the war against social vices can be won.
He flayed the disposition of the APC-led government to education saying the primary and vocational education in the state are allocated a paltry percentage in the state’s education budget.
The PDP governorship candidate stressed that this is despite the pride of place primary education occupies globally, as the foundation of formal education.
According to a statement by Agbaje’s Directorate of Media and Publicity, the PDP Candidate spoke at a governorship debate recently organized by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) at the weekend.
He said the development cannot be divorced from the failure of most students from Lagos state who wrote the West African School Certificate (WASC) last year.
Continuing, Agbaje said vocational education was also suffering in the state, leading to a situation where youths who dropped out of secondary schools end up on the streets, disturbing the peace of the state.
He however assured the captains of industry that a PDP administration under him would give primary and vocational education the necessary attention.
He hinged this on the fact that every endeavor needs some form of education to tap its full potentials.
Agbaje who promised to take the state to the level of Mumbai and Sao polo in the next four years, vowed to make Lagos a state that truly works through the provision of basic infrastructure across the state.
Meanwhile, the PDP governorship candidate has promised to restore power to the sleepy town of Epe, just as he assured the people of potable water.
Speaking during a town hall meeting, he lamented that Epe had been without power for five years.
According to him, the whole essence of government is the welfare of the people, promising to fill the void left by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) across the state.
Agbaje who lamented the takeover of several lands in the area promised to return lands illegally acquired and pay adequate compensation to land owners who were shortchanged.
