Winifred Bosa.

Lagos state, south west Nigeria, will require about N60bn to give public schools a befitting facelift.

The proposed amount will also be used to set up new schools especially in the riverine

areas of the state.

The Lagos state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, who made the statement during an interview with journalists, said his administration had spent about N10bn in the last 22 months to boost the quality of education in the State.

He said the State Government had carried out a study last year on theinterventions needed in public schools and the construction of new ones, assuring that the funds set aside in the 2017 budget for education would be used judiciously.

“The result showed that we need about sixty billion naira to put our schools together. But we have started the massive rehabilitation of our schools last year and you can go round to confirm. We expended about N10billion trying to put the worst set of schools back in place,” governor said.

According to him “This year, a major intervention is also going to take place from our budget to see that at least let the existing schools even compete favourably with the private sector schools. That is the whole idea. I went to a public school and I must give back.”