Education Remains Top of My Legislative Priorities, Kehinde Joseph Reiterates
— Reaffirms commitment to Human Capacity Development
The Member, Lagos State House of Assembly, representing Alimosho Constituency II, Hon Kehinde Olaide Joseph, has reiterated that education is the surest path towards eradication of poverty, underdevelopment and insecurity in the country, saying that the sector remains top of his Legislative priorities in the State Assembly.
The State Lawmaker noted that the educational sector is the pillar upon which our dear country will sustain economic development and urged for more budgetary allocation for education.
Joseph, who through his YESKJ FOUNDATION, gave scholarship opportunities to five hundred (500) students in his Constituency to studied at Aries Polytechnic – Ibadan, with acceptance, academic and mobility fees, fully serviced by him.
While taken the recipient candidates to the institution yesterday, as their academic session begin, Joseph expressed that education is the bedrock of the society and no nation can progress beyond its investment in the sector.
The quintessential lawmaker stated that the scholarship opportunity he attracted for the recipient candidates is also his contribution to the development of the Institute. He noted that the Staff and Management of the great citadel of learning have benefited from his dividend of democracy, reaffirming to check on the recipient candidates often, so as to monitor their improvement academically.
The Chairman, House Committee on Public Account (State), therefore urge the recipient candidates to make use of the opportunities given, to achieve a better future for themselves, as education is the most powerful weapon which one can use to change the world.
“Leadership is about making impacts while in office and those impacts last long after you have left office because without that, you have failed in leadership. This is one of the reasons I had decided to play positive roles in changing the status quo in my own capacity.
“As it is, there is no better way to empower people than through the education of their children. When you give money, it will certainly finish and they may still be poor, and when you buy cars or motorcycle for people, they will one day run out of fuel and come back for more assistance, but when you give their children education, you are setting them free and empowering them to become greater even more than yourself. That is what I have just done, because educational empowerment is the greatest empowerment”, he said.
Two of the recipient candidates, Lasisi Barakat Ifeoluwa, who enrolled into Higher National Diploma Programme, to study Accounting and Alade Kehinde Elijah, who enrolled into the National Diploma Programme, to study Mass Communication, while appreciating the Foundation, said they never believe the Scholarship Opportunity Programme is real, not until they arrived at the institute and have all their registration done before departing to their hostels. They thanked the State Lawmaker for investing in their education, assuring that they would ensure that they made their Constituency, community, family and the Sponsor proud.
Mr. Azeez A. Amusa, one of the recipients’ parent, while speaking to the press, stated that the generous disposition to humanity of the foundation and the founder was highly commendable and such a spirit was required in our society.
He said as individuals, we must come to terms with placing premium priority on human development than gathering wealth and resources, adding that the founder, deemed it fit to add his quota to developing a crucial aspect of the society while he on behalf of the parents prayed for God to continue bless the foundation and the founder with the requisite resources.
