Members of the University of Lagos visitation panel have been in a closed-door meeting since 10 am.
The panel, which is chaired by Prof Tukur Sa’ad, has two weeks to submit its report over the purported removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
As of press time, 21 stakeholders of UNILAG have dropped memoranda into the brown wooden box provided in front of the Council Chambers.
A police van with about five policemen from Campus Patrol Sabo Division was staged at the entrance of the Council Chambers.
A letter signed by the Secretary to the Panel, Mrs Grace Ekanem, had on Thursday requested that memoranda be submitted to the panel on or before 2 pm on Monday at the Council Chambers of the University.
The Federal Government last week directed the varsity’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Wale Babalakin, and Ogundipe to recuse themselves from official duties, pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
FG also asked the university’s senate to appoint an acting VC. Prof. Folasade Ogunsola was nominated as the acting VC of UNILAG at an emergency senate meeting last Monday and confirmed by the Governing Council on Tuesday in a virtual meeting led by the acting chairman, Dr. John Momoh.
New Delhi (CNN)India is entering a new phase of reopening that will see subway trains running for the first time in months, despite skyrocketing daily coronavirusinfections that are showing no sign of slowing down.The country of 1.3 billion people has reported more than 75,000 infections for five consecutive days — the fastest growing caseload of any country in the world.It recorded 85,687 new Covid-19 infections last Wednesday, the world’s highest single-day spike since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous record of 77,255 cases set by the United States on July 16.
India’s infection rate has increased exponentially in recent weeks. It took almost six months for the country to record 1 million cases, another three weeks to hit 2 million, and only 16 more days to hit 3 million. At this rate, India’s total number of cases, now at over 3.6 million, is on track to outnumber that of Brazil to become the second highest in the world, behind the US. But India’s death toll remains relatively low compared to its infection numbers. As of Sunday, India reported 64,469 coronavirus deaths — about half of Brazil’s death toll — with a mortality rate of 1.79%, according to its Health Ministry. As infections soar, the Indian government has continued to lift lockdown measures.
On Saturday, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced India will enter a new phase of reopening on September 1 known as “unlock 4. “That includes the resumption of the country’s metro rail services in a “graded manner” from September 7, according to the ministry’s statement. Under the new rules, gatherings of up to 100 people will be permitted at sports, entertainment, cultural, religious and political events outside of hot-spot areas from September 21, with mandatory face-mask wearing and social distancing measures. Schools and colleges will remain closed until the end of September, although up to 50% of the teaching staff will be allowed to return to campus to teach online courses, and students from Year 9 to 12 can also return on a voluntary basis.
*Migrant workers gather outside Dharavi slums to wait for a bus to take them to board a special train back home during a nationwide lockdown in Mumbai on May 12, 2020.
Easing lockdown measures
A lifeline for millions of people living in the country’s major cities, the metro rail networks were shut down in late March when Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a “complete” lockdown that required residents to stay home and brought the country to a standstill. But the strict lockdown — imposed with little warning or planning — also exacerbated India’s inequality and economic woes. In urban areas, millions of daily wage earners were left without jobs or food — and many made lengthy and sometimes fatal trips home to far away states, often on foot.
Under pressure to resuscitate the battered economy, Modi’s government started to roll back nationwide lockdown measures in May. “Corona will remain part of our lives for a long time, but we cannot allow our lives to be confined only around corona,” Modi said in a national televised address at the time. Since then, nationwide restrictions have been eased progressively, although some hard-hit parts of the country have enforced their own restrictions. But the number of infections has soared, from just over 180,000 cases on May 30 to hit a million by mid-July.
India now has more than 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases New Delhi and Mumbai, the country’s two most populous cities, are among the worst hit. On July 27, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the coronavirus had been “brought under control” in India’s capital, as daily infections dropped to about 1,000 from a peak of nearly 4,000 in late June.”We now have to focus on the next stage. During Covid people lost their jobs, factories were closed, people faced losses, it became difficult for people to face themselves … Let us now focus on reviving India’s economy,” he said. “Without reimposing the lockdown we have managed to keep things in control … this is essential for improving the economy. “However, daily infections have increased over the past week, with Delhi on Sunday recording over 2,000 new cases for the first time since July 10.
Skyrocketing cases
After initially appearing to have curbed the spread of the virus, India, the world’s second most populous nation, has struggled to cope with the fast-expanding outbreak.Across the country, critically ill virus patients have been turned away from public and private hospitals for lack of beds, staff and equipment. Earlier this month, a state minister died of the virus while two Indian cabinet ministers checked into hospital after testing positive.
More than half of Mumbai’s slum residents might have had Covid-19. Here’s why herd immunity could still be a long way off The Indian health authorities have said that part of the reason for the soaring cases is an increase in testing. As of Saturday, the country has tested more than 41.4 million people, almost doubling the amount of tests conducted by early August. Yet some experts believe cases are still being underreported. Last month, antibody tests on more than 21,000 people in New Delhi found that nearly one in four residents may have been infected with coronavirus.
So far, more than 2.7 million people have recovered from the virus in India, according to government statistics. Patients with mild and moderate symptoms in India are considered no longer active after 10 days of symptom onset if they meet certain conditions. A test to confirm that they no longer have the virus is not required. Severe cases can only be discharged after one negative coronavirus test.
Modi has pointed to the country’s widespread testing, high recovery rate and low death rates to highlight its success in handling the coronavirus. But others argue the pandemic has revealed the country’s shortcomings in providing widespread accessible basic needs like health care, education, and electricity.
A research by Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation has revealed why the North is backward in education.
At the presentation on Thursday, the research group headed by former Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, said states in the region failed to prioritize education.
Factors identified are lack of incentives, poor infrastructure, insecurity, inadequate classrooms, playgrounds, computer laboratory.
Others are inadequate libraries, information services, laboratories, textbooks, audiovisual facilities, internet connectivity, poverty and early marriage.
Rufai noted that the North is not lacking quality teachers as 70 percent of teachers have National Certificate of Education (NCE).
The team leader disclosed that the report covers all the 419 local governments in the 19 Northern states and FCT.
“Key findings are financial conditions of parents to cater for their children’s education, early marriage; incentive to promote access to education didn’t get to most parents. Majority have not benefited from school feeding.
“Challenge of girl child education is critical to the region, integration of Qur’anic education into basic education are some of the challenges facing education”, NAN quoted her as saying.
Northern States Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, said the research should be presented to the forum for implementation of the recommendations.
Lalong, represented by Secretary to the State Government, Danladi Abdul said: “The challenges and recommendations are taken but we need lots of advocacy to get the political will among our colleagues.
“We will convene a meeting of the Northern States Governors Forum, so the lead researcher could present an executive summary to the governors to enable us to work on it.”
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged management of schools to put in place student-friendly policies to cushion the effects of the pandemic as schools are set to reopen in Lagos State.
South West Coordinator of NANS Mr. Olawale Kappo and Chairman, NANS Joint Campus Committee, Lagos Chapter Mr. Rasheed Ogunsanya gave the advice on Sunday in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
They were reacting to announcement of school resumption by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Sanwo-Olu had during the 17th Update on the Management of Coronavirus Pandemic on Saturday said that tertiary schools would reopen on September 14. Primary and secondary schools might resume on September 21.
THE Court of Appeal in Jos, Plateau State, has ordered the reinstatement of a 300 Level student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Victor Oboh, who was illegally expelled seven years ago over accusation of examination malpractice.
The court also ruled that the university should pay the students the sum of N1.1 million as damages.
Oboh, it was gathered, had filed a suit against the university in 2013 at the Federal High Court in Bauchi, challenging his expulsion by the management.
After scrutiny, the presiding Judge, Justice Shittu Abubakar, on May 17, 2018, ruled in favour of the plaintiff that his expulsion “is hereby voided and nullified.”
Justice Abubakar ordered that “the defendant is hereby ordered to pay a sum of N1 million as general damages.”
He also ordered that Oboh be re-instated to continue his study with immediate effect.
Meanwhile, ATBU, on June 1st, 2018 challenged the ruling of the Federal High Court and approached the Appeal Court, Jos Division.
In a copy of the judgement passed by a three-man panel led by Justice Tani Hassan and obtained by our correspondent, the appellate court upheld the ruling of the Bauchi High Court.
Justice Hassan said, “The appeal failed and it is dismissed. That the judgement passed by Justice Shittu Abubakar is hereby affirmed.”
He ordered that ATBU paid Oboh a sum of N100,000.
In total, the university will pay the student N1,100,000 and reinstate him to further his undergraduate programme.
Reacting to the judgement, the plaintiff, Victor said he would return to the school to further his undergraduate studies in Engineering “with immediate effect.”
THE National Business and Technical Examinations Board on Sunday announced the conduct of its NBC/NTC examinations between September 21 and October 15.
The organisation in a statement by its Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, said the National Common Entrance Examination for JSS 3 students’ admission to technical colleges had been brought forward from October 3 to September 5.
She said, “While commending the Federal Ministry of Education and all state Ministries of Education and their stakeholders, for excellent planning and a smooth resumption of school and examinations for the exit classes, I wish to, on behalf of my Board – NABTEB – provide the following updates on our examinations.
“A reminder that the NABTEB NBC/NTC examinations will soon commence on the September 21 and end on the October 15, as already announced by the Federal Ministry of Education.
“The National Common Entrance Examination for JSS 3 students’ admission to technical colleges has been brought forward from October to September 5.
“This is in consideration of the convenience of JSS candidates seeking admission to technical colleges who will be concluding their BECE examinations on Friday, September 4.
She said there would not be any need for students to go back to school on October 3 for another examination.
The deadline for registration of candidates for the NBC/NTC examinations, according to her, was extended to September 4 to “accommodate requests from various states that have not been able to complete registration of their students due to exigencies arising from COVID-19 lockdown.”
The Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, and the National Board for Arabic Studies are currently enmeshed in a tussle over a property located at the Gaskiya area of the Zaria Local Government Area of the state.
The ABU management explained that it was high time the Arabic Board vacated its property and moved to its permanent site to allow it to make use of the property.
But the Registrar of the NAIS, Prof. Muhammad Abdullahi, faulted the manner in which the management of the university handled the matter.
Abdullahi, while addressing journalists in Zaria on Sunday, alleged that security guards from the ABU and armed mobile policemen stormed the centre on Wednesday around 2am and allegedly forced all the guards out of the premises and locked up all the offices.
He said the action of the ABU management was counterproductive as over 40,000 candidates, who registered with NBAIS for examination would be affected.
Abdullahi also claimed that more than 50 armed security men stormed the examination centre of the NBAIS located on the Gaskiya Road, Zaria, and allegedly chased out all the guards, vandalised the property and locked up the centre.
The NBAIS was created as a national examination body by the Federal Government in 2016 and has over 1,140 registered schools in 23 states of the federation.
Abdullahi added, “The security operatives returned to the centre around 9am and took out our belongings from the offices and dumped them outside, including furniture, examination materials, computers, examination results and important files.
“They also removed all logos bearing the NBAIS around the premises as well as the billboard; I am afraid that students’ examination records are likely to get lost following the vandalism of the property.
“It is sad; the situation was unwarranted at this crucial time when the Federal Government has slated the Senior School Examination for next month; there shouldn’t be any reason for government agencies fighting each other.”
He said he had reported the invasion of the office to the Minister of Education, the Chairman of the local government council and the Zaria police Area Commander.https://frontend.
“Honestly, with this action, only God knows what will happen to the more than 40,000 candidates, who registered with the board for its forthcoming examination,” he said.
However, the acting Director, Public Affairs Directorate, ABU, Mallam Auwalu Umar, in a statement on Sunday, explained that the university had reclaimed its property at the Institute of Education annex along the Gaskiya Road in Tudun Wada, Zaria, used over the years by the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies as its temporary headquarters.
He stated, “The decision to reclaim the property was partly informed by the severe inadequacy of teaching and learning facilities as a result of the ever increasing number of students in the university.
“Additionally, the university is desirous of recovering all its property and putting them to use for its overall sustainability. It is estimated that presently, over N100bn is needed by the university for all its infrastructural and other needs.”
He explained that the NBAIS was given sufficient notice of ABU’s intention to recover its property, which was communicated to the acting Registrar of the board in a letter dated May 18, 2020, adding that the notice expired on August 18, 2020, and the university promptly took possession of the property.
“Some units of the institution in dire need of the facility have already been accommodated. The university’s Governing Council was duly informed of the development,” Umar stated.
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Some states in Nigeria, including Ogun, Katsina, Bauchi, Enugu, Sokoto, Gombe and Ekiti on Sunday ruled out full reopening of schools, including tertiary institutions, despite the success recorded so far in the fight against COVID-19.
Officials of the state governments, in separate interviews with our correspondents, said they would not follow the Lagos State example.
Recall that schools in the country were closed in March as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
But Senior Secondary School 3 students were called back on August 4 to write the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, which started on August 17.
No fewer than 53,727 cases had been confirmed in the country as of August 29.
Lagos had recorded 18, 104 cases; the Federal Capital Territory, 5,149 cases and Oyo State, 3,107 cases. Also, Kano State had also record 1,725 cases as of August 29.
On Saturday, Lagos State, which was the epicentre of the virus until a few weeks ago, said its schools would resume in September.
The state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this, said higher institutions would resume on September 14, while the resumption date for primary and secondary schools was tentatively fixed for September 21.
He said the decision was informed by the decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had on Thursday said coronavirus epicentre had shifted from Lagos State to Plateau State.
We are not in a hurry, we will wait for FG’s directive – Ogun
On Sunday, the Ogun State Government said it was not in a hurry to reopen tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools.
The government said it would avoid taking an uninformed decision to reopen schools because Lagos State had made the announcement to reopen schools.
The Special Adviser to the governor on Public Communications, Remmy Hazzan, in an interview with The PUNCH, said the state government shut the schools based on the Federal Government’s order and would reverse the order based on the same method.
He said “We will look at the various database and use empirical data available.
“The indicator that will determine when we are going to open depends majorly on the Federal Government`s readiness to reverse the order so that we will not be seen as a state that is anti-Federal Government.
“That is on one side. The second one is that even at that we will still rely on empirical data that science provides to guarantee the safety of our children when they return to school. So the fact that Lagos has done it is not an indicator that we have to be in a hurry to do it.”
We won’t follow anybody’s timetable – Ekiti coordinator
On his part, the Coordinator of the Ekiti State COVID-19 Response Task Force, Prof Bolaji Aluko, said the state government would observe happenings in the secondary schools.
Aluko said, “We won’t follow any person’s timetable. We want to see events after the WASSCE and the JSSCE, whether students got sick, whether teachers got sick. So far, we have not seen any breakdown of students or teachers falling ill. We are still studying them. If there is no outbreak of illness, then we may start the schools.
“But for now, we have not decided. We have not known the basis for the directive in Lagos State. But there is the possibility that our tertiary institutions resume this year. I think secondary schools also, before the end of the year. I have asked around, we have not seen any hot spot of COVID-19 as far as the ongoing examinations are concerned.”
The Enugu State Government also said it was in contact with the Federal Ministry of Education, saying there were no plans to reopen schools yet.
The state Commissioner of Education, Prof. Uche Eze, stated this in a reply to The PUNCH’s inquiries about the state’s plans for school resumption.
He stated, “No decision to that effect yet. We are in close touch with the Federal Ministry of Education.”
Bauchi doesn’t follow Lagos example – Commissioner
In his response to an SMS sent to him, the Bauchi State Commissioner of Education, Dr Aliyu Tilde, said, “Bauchi does not follow Lagos. We will open when we are ready.”
In Katsina State, the Public Relations Officer in the state Ministry of Education, Mallam Salisu Kerau, said there was no notice yet on resumption of schools in the state.
“No notice yet on resumption of schools and higher institutions in the state. The public will be duly informed when they are to be reopened,” he said.
We can’t reopen schools if there is no safety – Gombe commissioner
Also, the Gombe sSate Commissioner for Higher Education Dr. Meshack Audu, in an interview with one of our correspondents, said, “No specific date at the moment, but we are monitoring the situation. Government is not happy that students have stayed at home this long. Government is doing everything possible to ensure their safe return.
“The safety of these students matters most because only the living reads; only the living goes to school. If there is no safety in the schools, we can’t reopen.”
The Permanent Secretary in the Sokoto state Ministry for Higher Education, Othman Ali, told one of our correspondents that, “the decision on the likely date for the resumption of our tertiary schools will be decided by the task force on COVID-19, constituted by the state government.”
On his part, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mohammed Inname, revealed that the state task force on COVID-19 would come up with a position on tertiary schools` resumption in the state this week.
No new development, status quo remains – Minister
But the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, had in an interview with The PUNCH last week, said there was no new development on the reopening of schools, adding that the status quo remained.
He said, “If we have a new position on that, we will issue it.”
A return to campus for the new academic year has colleges and universities struggling to both contain outbreaks of Covid-19 and enforce policies meant to prevent its spread. Across the United States, at least 36 states have reported positive cases at colleges and universities, adding more than 8,700 cases to the country’s tally. More than 5.9 million infections have been recorded in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Over 1,000 students have tested positive for Covid-19 at University of Alabama since classes resumedSince classes started on August 19, 1,200 students at the University of Alabama have tested positive for the virus, the university system’s website showed Saturday. Classes at the University of Dayton will continue online for at least two weeks after the school reported 116 case on Thursday and then another 148 on Friday, according to the university’s website.Outbreaks have been identified at four different sororities at Kansas State University, according to news releases from the college and the Riley County Health Department.Providence College in Rhode Island has implemented policies to prevent the virus’ spread, but 17 students have been placed on “interim suspension” for violating those measures, meaning they will not be allowed on campus or in classes until they attend a hearing, college spokesperson Steven Maurano told CNN Saturday.”I am deeply disappointed by the selfish behavior of these students who defiantly chose to ignore our COVID-19 Code of Conduct,” Fr. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P., the college’s president, said in a statement. “While I find no joy in having to endorse such strong sanctions, I know they are necessary if we are going to have a successful fall semester.”
California surpasses 700,000 cases
California, which has more coronavirus cases than any other state, surpassed 700,000 cases on Saturday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
New coronavirus cases are down nationwide. But the US is still averaging more than 900 deaths a dayCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that the state will implement a slower, more cautious approach to allowing businesses and activities to resume, after quick reopenings in the spring led to a dramatic rise in infections and deaths.”We’re going to be more stubborn this time, and have a mandatory wait time between moves,” Newsom said Friday. “We didn’t do that last time.” California saw a resurgence in cases in June, and Newsom began shutting down much of the economy for a second time. But in recent weeks, the average number of new daily cases has fallen, paving the way for a new reopening plan.Part of going forward under coronavirus in the state will be a continued eviction moratorium, Newsom announced during a news conference Friday. The existing moratorium — accommodating millions of tenants who are at risk of eviction as well as landlords that are not able to pay their mortgages — was set to expire September 1. Newsom did not provide details of the new agreement, but said he looked “forward to signing it very very shortly.”
Louisiana worries about a drop in testing after Hurricane Laura
After part of his state was walloped by Hurricane Laura last week, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is worried that the storm will lead to a decline in coronavirus testing in the state.Southwest Louisiana has the highest ratio of positive tests and was hit the hardest by the hurricane, Edwards said at a news conference.
Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for? “We have tens of thousands of people from southwest Louisiana who are scattered all over the state taking shelter,” Edwards said. “So we don’t know exactly what this is going to look like” as far the spread of Covid-19, he added. The governor said that 6,200 members of the National Guard were in the state assisting with recovery from the hurricane, but he was eager to get them back on the Covid-19 mission. “Frankly we cannot afford to lose sight of our testing, because it was about three weeks ago that our schools came back. We have had students back on our college campuses,” Edwards said. “So, this is a very bad week for us not to be doing robust testing.”
Remdesivir extended to all hospitalized patients
This week brought hopeful news to those hospitalized with coronavirus.The US Food and Drug Administration extended the emergency use authorization for a drug that has been shown to shorten recovery time for all patients hospitalized with coronavirus.
Moderna increases minority numbers in its vaccine trial, but still not meeting Fauci’s goal Remdesivir was originally authorized in May only for patients with severe infections who needed help breathing with extra oxygen or mechanical ventilation. But the emergency use now applies to a wider group of patients.”The data show that this treatment has the potential to help even more hospitalized patients who are suffering from the effects of this devastating virus,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said in a statement.
CNN’s Evan SImko-Bednarski, Hollie Silverman, Rob Frehse, Lauren Mascarenhas, Jon Passantino and Devon Sayers contributed to this report.
For the Chief Executive Officer, Teach For Nigeria, TFN, Mrs Folawe Omikunle, teaching for free is an impossibility being achieved; changing the narrative of free basic education for the underprivileged in the country through the mobilisation of young Nigeria graduates, who dedicate two years of their lives to providing education beyond boundaries.
Omikunle, who spoke at the virtual graduation ceremony of 2020 cohorts of the TFN, gave an insight into the remarkable feats of the fellows. How we started Just like yesterday, we were told on numerous occasions that we will never find young Nigerians that will dedicate two years of their lives to teaching pupils in the most underserved and marginalised communities in this country. Today, we are graduating 161 Fellows who have impacted approximately 9,660 students in 80 schools across Lagos, Ogun, and Kaduna states. These Fellows are joining our maiden set of 44 alumni members, thereby bringing the number of our alumni network to 205 members.
These graduating Fellows have spent these past two years improving the academic outcomes of their pupils, while igniting the love for learning in these pupils, instilling self-belief and successfully galvanising parental and community support to aid in their pupils learning process. This set of Fellows was resolute and committed to changing the narrative, not just one classroom at a time, but a child at a time. They go extra lengths to engage the parents of these children, community members, elders and religious leaders to leverage their support in giving that one child an expanded opportunity at a better life in the future.
In only two years of the Fellowship, we have seen Fellows teach children under some extremely challenging conditions, yet they have been dogged, innovative and resourceful. An example is Akeem Badru, who boards a canoe to get in and out of his school’s community, the only other route being a bush path. Akeem is the only teacher for primary 1 to 4 classes; a school that had been abandoned by every teacher and head teacher due to the remoteness of the village. Because the teachers never stayed long enough to make any impact, the children in this community leave to study away from their families in neighbouring communities.
Their story changed when Akeem was posted to this community. Due to the terrain and inaccessibility of this community, he lives in the community with a family and only returns to his family on weekends.
Another fellow is Grace Amoka, who also launched a project that delivers literacy skills intervention to low-income communities. She believes that literacy is a basic tool that gives an understanding of other subjects and helps children see the world differently, thereby providing them with an opportunity to have a meaningful life overall. Grace also provides career educational programmes, through field and virtual trips for children in low-income communities.
These programmes broaden their horizon as they are exposed to diverse experiences not found in their world that will help them to dream. About 100 children have been impacted through Grace’s interventions. Other inspiring stories, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic, include Precious Adegunle, who began a project to digitise the Nigerian curriculum in the nation’s indigenous languages. She went further to raise funds to pre-install these educational contents on tablets and distributed them to her pupils for free.
For Temitope Ifegbesan and Gideon Ogunfeyinmi, they launched a project that addresses the parents’ financial inability to cater for their children’s education, feeding and health needs. They do this by economically empowering mothers in low-income communities.
What we do at TFN At Teach For Nigeria we believe that education is not a privilege, it is a right. We must continue to work together to build a nation that will ensure this right for every child.
Furthermore, we must continue to forge formidable collaborations across all walks of life to defeat this multi-headed hydra called education inequity; it is time to unleash the potential of the next generation.
The great successes and achievements recorded by this set of Fellows have further entrenched our belief in the power of collective efforts in solving problems. We are filled with pride and joy, when we think about the plethora of change agents we are adding to our ever-continuous work through our alumni community with Teach For Nigeria. These leaders and many others have shown us that leadership coupled with innovation and collaboration can be a panacea to the ills in our educational sector. Our job is to continue to provide the platform and opportunities to help leaders find their true purpose.
The journey for the graduating Fellows does not end here. Teach For Nigeria is a life-long commitment in the fight against educational inequity. We are positive that our alumni will continue to work towards ensuring that one day we have a Nigeria where every child can attain an excellent education. Collaboration is key to our incredible success.
It is a wonderful feeling as one begins to absorb the incredible achievements of these set of Fellows. However, all of these would have been almost impossible without the presence of our staff, board members, ambassadors, donors, partners, champions, allies and friends.
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