ITUN-AGAN: "WE BUILT OUR SCHOOLS TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN" -CDA

Lagos Community Updates Episode 1(Part A)

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ITUN-AGAN: "WE BUILT OUR SCHOOLS TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN" -CDA

Lagos is an aquatic land no doubt. But do you have an idea of how many island live on its territory? Well, one of it is situated in the Amuwo-Odofin local government area of the state.

Welcome to Itu-Agan, a community with over five thousand residents and about ten different ethnic groups ranging from Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Calabar, Egun but predominantly of Ilaje people.

Known for their special skills in fishing, hardly will you see a household without a fishing net and tools. Their area of specialization is in crayfish. According to them that was what the progenitor of the land hunted for till the discovery of the Island in the 1920s.

In the words of Sydney Harris, the whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors to windows and in achieving this children of Itun-Agan travel across the sea on a daily basis. A situation that has left many sad memories and bitter tastes in the community.

Considering the risks involved in seeking knowledge to become a better person in future the Community Development Association came up with an idea of establishing a school to stop the travails.

Lagos Community Updates visited Itun-Agan to learn more about their plights.

It is one thing to desire something but when an idea remain in the book it will never materialize. The CDA members in Itun-Agan took their children's destiny in their own hands and made a dream project a reality thereby complementing the work of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Infrastructure and education.

A major producer of sea foods in Nigeria one will certainly believe that all the pupils will settle for fish farming as a profession either in a subsistence or mechanized way but the ambition 12 year old junior secondary school student will amaze you.

It is the hope of these two pupils that very soon the community self-help project will be completed by his Excellency governor Akinwunmi Ambode.