Toritseju Vincent
Lagos — In a bid to sustain cordial relations with its host communities, Nigerdock, an oil and gas industry service firm Wednesday handed over Corporate Social Responsibility, CRS, projects valued at N1.5billion to Igbologun, a Lagos community.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony held at the Igbologun Community Lagos, Managing Director of Nigerdock, Mr. Maher Jamakani said that the world class facilities that have been donated to the community will help improve the lives of the people of the community adding that the community has also been connected to a twenty-four power source of Nigerdock.
Jamakani disclosed that the school has a capacity for 800 students adding that the school will also be provided with non-stop power supply.
He explained that the community has been connected to Eko Distribution Company for a twenty-four hour power supply.
“This school has capacity to contain 800 student and we will be providing all the power and support for the school going forward and the support will also go all the communities here at Igbologun and neighbouring communities.
“These projects have cost Nigerdock N1.5billion and the projects include a new police station which we just built which we are commissioning later today. We built a new road measuring about one and half kilometre, which will connect the community to the waterfront, two school buses.
“The power supply is a new facility that we have already connected to the Eko Distribution Company following a request from the community.
“This will definitely be a game changer and a big milestone for the educational advancement of the youths of the communities here and these facilities are of world class standard and those recommended by Lagos State.
“They will ensure that student get real education in the area of sciences, Mathematics, Social Studies,” he said.
Similarly, the Commissioner for Basic Education and Secondary Education, Tolani Alli Balogun commended Nigerdock the gesture saying that “The hope you have given to the parents, the students and communities through these schools will be enough to make them excel in their educational pursuits.
According to Balogun, “It is an undisputed fact that if we must actualize our Lagos Rising vision, quality education must remain one of our most solid building blocks. Nigerdock within the Snake Island integrated Free Zone has keyed into the actualization of the State Government effort to ensure no child 1s left behind in the quest for quality learning.”
