Lagos public schools: Hamzat, Rhodes-Vivour bicker over standards

Reported by Vanguard Nigeria · 1 hour ago · Henry Oduah

Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has rejected criticism of the state’s public education system by Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, governorship candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, who described the state of public schools as an indictment of successive administrations. The post Lagos public…

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