The Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN), with the support of the Lagos State Government, has concluded arrangements to hold the 2022 edition of its annual education summit tagged: “Towards Safe Schools In Nigeria”.
A press release issued at the weekend and jointly signed by the EWAN chairman, Mojeed Alabi, and Taiwo Omilani, General Secretary states that the summit is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 12th October 2022 at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is expected to declare the summit open at 10:00 a.m.
Panellists at the summit include the Comptroller General of NIS, Mr Idris, whose agency is in charge of border security and migration management; the Director of Senior Secondary Education at the Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir; the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor-Designate at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Folasade Ogunsola, and the Head of Nigeria’s Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr Patrick Areghan, among others.
The Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu will be the Special Guest at the summit.
Dr. Ahmed Audi, the Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) will give the keynote address at the event while the host will be Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education.
EWAN, a body of journalists across print, online and broadcast media organisations, said with an estimated 20 million out-of-school children, rising cases of violent attacks on schools by bandits, the sit-at-home order in a particular region which affects schooling on Mondays, and cases of bullying, rape, and drug abuses, holding a summit on school safety is vital.
The statement reads in part: “This is what informed the theme of the summit and the stakeholders that have been carefully selected to play key roles.
