To improve the quality of the education they receive, members of Ikeja Metro Lions Club have donated a set of school uniforms and sandals to pupils of Makoko Children Development Foundation (MCDF).
The club also donated money for the running of the school and asked the founder to provide a plan for expansion and the cost. Speaking at the event, President of Ikeja Metro Lions Club, Godson Ikechukwu Anigbo, said the club conducted a need assessment of the school and found out that it needs assistance in many areas.
Anigbo, who is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ikotel Communication Ventures Limited, revealed that before the intervention, members were shocked by what they saw at the school.
He noted that some of the immediate needs of the pupils were footwears and sandals, which the club donated to the school. He also promised that the club would provide for other needs of the school and pupils. He said: “The place looked abandoned. It seems the government and society had forgot them. The school is standing on wood that is surrounded by water. This is not right and it is not a testimony for Nigeria and her people.
“It is not right for the pupils and their teachers to subsist in this kind of environment. There is an urgent need for the government to come to the aid of these people. The government needs to relocate the school to a better environment for the pupils and pay their teachers.”
Founder of the school, Urban Wheduto, said he started the school when he discovered most of the children in his church could not recite the English alphabet and count one to ten.
He stated that he was encouraged to expand the teaching and with the help of friends and family, he was able to build the wooden structure to teach more pupils.
Wheduto, who said he pays volunteer teachers stipends whenever it was possible, stated that he had reached out to authorities, who made promises that were yet to be fulfilled. He called on the government and public-spirited individuals to come to the aid of the school.
