Otherwise, our case will be like a one-legged athlete competing with others who have two strong legs. In essence for Nigeria not to be left behind, in the new world of inclusive sustainable development, economic prosperity and healthy environment, the girl-child of today must not be left behind in STEM education. Gone are the days when brute strength and stamina gives advantage to the male folks. With tools and techniques a woman can do any type of job.
15th substantive Deputy Governor of Lagos state
Oluranti Adebule (born 27 November 1970) is a Nigerian politician, who served as the 15th Deputy Governor of Lagos state and was the sixth woman to occupy the office from 2015 to 2019. Oluranti was born 27 of November, 1970, to the family of Idowu-Esho of Ojo Alaworo in Ojo local government area of Lagos state. Adebule had her early education at Awori college, Ojo. Afterward she proceeded for tertiary education at the Lagos State University, Ojo to study Islamic Education in 1992. Much later, she had a certificate in early childhood development curriculum and school administration and assessment from the Nigeria Institute of International Education Association in 2006. She continued her master's degree at the same institution in curriculum studies. She later obtain her Doctorate degree again at the same institution which she completed in 2012.
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As a woman and a mother, I can only imagine what you have gone through managing six children, it must have been energy sapping and depressing, but I salute your courage and I want to assure you that this government will not abandon you, we will stand by you and ensure that you are assisted to get back to a normal life.
It must be established that we are not and should not be advocating the displacement of men from the governance stage but we must remain resolute in our calls for more women to be given the chance to be active and important partners and this is the platform this conference provides for women to understand the issues militating against them while also learning from other accomplished women.
The major challenge in the education sector is the shortage of man power and it is a fact that quality teaching and learning is better achieved when there are fewer students for a teacher to handle. The injection of the huge number of corps into the school system should considerably address this area of challenge.
History teaches valuable lessons about human nature; it also helps people to abandon incorrect assumptions. History is an inexplicable subject which leads the past and the present. That is what history subject impacts in us and that is why Lagos State Government is very particular that we have history as a subject back in our curriculum.