National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF) at the weekend said it funded the Back-to-school Jump Start project, saying it will help improve the current capacity of schools in the area of good hygiene practice.
The NLTF said this at the official launch/flag-off of the ‘Back-ToSchool Jump Start’ project.
The empowerment programme with the theme, ‘No School Left Behind In Surulere’, was initiated by the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and funded by the National Lottery Trust Fund.
Over 40 Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in Surulere federal constituency will benefit from the intervention in the first phase of the programme.
Mr Sule Yusuf Tegina, who spoke on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the NLTF, Mr Bello Maigari, said: “The programme which seeks to help improve the current capacity of schools in the area of good hygiene practice through the provision of basic sanitary and standard modern teaching and learning aids such as laptops, smart tablet, fitted e-books for promoting standard in tandem with global best practice.
“Let me also congratulate the 46 benefiting schools in this initial phase of the project and to also reaffirm our commitment to supporting its continuation across the six geo-political zones of the country.”
