'CONFERENCE HALL'- SENATORS COMPLAIN OVER POOR QUALITY OF RECONSTRUCTED SENATE CHAMBER. (PHOTO).
‘Conference Hall’ – Senators complain over poor quality of reconstructed Senate Chamber Senators on Tuesday expressed anger over the condition of the reconstructed Chamber, which they described as a ‘mere conference room’. Controversy has trailed the refurbished Senate Chambers since plenary resumed in the facility last week. Last Tuesday’s plenary was trailed by confusion as some Senators quarreled over sitting arrangements in the renovated chamber. During plenary on Tuesday, complaints over the standard of the Chambers led to a rowdy session which lasted for about 15 minutes and eventually forced the Senate into executive session. The Chief Whip of the Senate and lawmaker representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, who raised the issues through Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, said, “What is supposed to be a Chamber, has been turned into a Conference Hall”, a development which he said is not acceptable. “Mr President, I rise to make disturbing observations on this supposedly renovate
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today friday expressed delight at the winning of the annual Spelling Bee Competition by students of public schools in the state,saying that the development was an eloqunt testimony hat his administration is on the right path to transform the education sector.Governor Ambode,who spoke at the Lagos Housr,Ikejs while hosting the 16th One-day Governor,Master Olaseinde Olufemi Joshua and members of his cabinet,said the fact that winners of the competition emerged from public schools in inner communities was a clear indication that public schools in the state are now becoming exemplary citadel of learning.He said ''I must say that i am impressed about the mixture of the people that we are now celebrating.I can personally say that i did watch the school debate on television and i am very excited that the schools from which the winners emerged are from our inner communities in Shasha in Alimosho,Badagry,Ilupeju and also in Mushin.That in itself shows that we are on the right path.We must be able to show that our public schools are exemplary citadel of learning that we can also use to showcase the fact that the future of Lagos is brighter than what we have now.We want to say that the six winners we are celebrating today are worthy to be celebrated and we will indeed celebrate them and use them as examples to encourage other younger ones to reachh out so that we cam be proud that in another twenty years,these ones will take over from us and we would be proud that we really did the State proud''.Earlier,the One-day Governor,Master Olaseinde Olufemi Josua,a student of Shasha Community Senior High School saluted the vision of the wife of former Lagos State Governor,Senator Oluremi Tinubu,who was the pioneer of the Spelling Bee competition,saying that the competition,saying that the competition had helped students in the State to be more dedicated to their studies and strive for excellence.He added that the competition would not have been possible without the free education policy of the Lagos State Government over the years,which is being sustained by the present administration.More photos below. 
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