The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, inspected the newly constructed Tolu Schools Complex in the Ajegunle area of the State ahead of its commissioning in the coming days.
Barring any last-minute change, President Bola Tinubu is expected to commission the 36 schools in the Tolu Schools Complex built by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.
The newly built Tolu Schools Complex in the Ajegunle community comprises 16 junior and 15 senior secondary schools, as well as five primary schools with a population of over 20,000 students.
The school complex is bordered by the lagoon and is built on 11.73 hectares of land. It has many sporting facilities, such as a football field, basketball and volleyball courts among other sporting and social amenities.
It is the largest school community in the whole of Africa.
Governor Sanwo-Olu during the inspection of the schools, which lasted for over two hour, reiterated his administration’s commitment to infrastructure development, as well as quality and affordable education for Lagos students.
During the inspection, residents of Ajegunle came out en masse in appreciation of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s efforts with the iconic Tolu Schools Complex cited in their area. Students who had interaction with the Governor for a few minutes also appreciated him for building new schools for them.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
