The leadership of
Zinox Group has lifted the administration of Gov. Babatunde Raji Fashola in
Lagos State with over N50 million worth of Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) tools.
This was disclosed
after the chairman of Zinox Group, Dr. Leo-Stan Ekeh, led an executive
management team comprising the managing directors of Zinox Computers,
Technology Distributions and Task Systems to pay a courtesy visit to the
governor.
According to the
Group Media Advisor, Mr. Ezuka Echika in a press statement to ITRealms Online, Zinox
Group donated items worth over N50m to the Lagos State Government.
These items include four
units of fully equipped Security Vans, 150 units of Digital Radio, 150 units of
Digital Solar lamp and 150 units of Solar Torch meant to enhance the efficiency
and digital comfort of the Police and other security organizations in Lagos State,
while on duty.
The Zinox Group, he also
said, promised to use four schools in Lagos state as Digital Content Centres
for its new digital product - the Zinox Whizkid version 11, which has helped
many students to achieve excellent result in GCE, WASCE, JAMB and Post UME
nationwide.
Ekeh was quoted as
saying, Zinox would deploy the equipment and content, train the teachers in its
digital laboratory in Gbagada and certify them ready to challenge the best
Teachers in the world.
"This will
revolutionize education in tandem with President Jonathan’s Transformation agenda,”
he said.
He further said that Lagos
State has done well to merit the ‘A’ list of the Zinox’s Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) portfolio, describing Gov. Fashola’s leadership of Lagos
State as exemplary, robust and world-class.
Ekeh mentioned some of the
his achievements in pursuit of the
vision to build a mega city – expanding
existing and building new
infrastructure – roads, railways, general hospitals, giant steps in education,
the provision of portable water, and the guaranteeing of a safe and stable
environment.
The Zinox boss described Gov.
Fashola’s administration as the benchmark for the assessment of State Governors
nationwide, stressing the purpose of the courtesy visit as a show of support to
spur the Governor to greater heights.
Receiving the items Governor Fashola
said that the Lagos State Government welcomes the donation and identification
from the Zinox Group, describing the donation as a call beyond duty.
“Zinox is always one of the
corporate persons that pay tax promptly. For Zinox to go beyond that and do so
much for the State shows that Zinox has the heart and the head to maintain a
balance between its corporate social responsibility and the size of her balance
sheet” Fashola said.
On the request by Zinox for 4
schools that would serve as Digital Content Centers, Governor Fashola mentioned
three new schools in Gbagada and Bariga. He noted that the other school would
come from one of the zones.
On the issue of a partnership
in knowledge development, Governor Fashola said that the Lagos State Government
has bought hundreds of thousands of text books, built thousands of classrooms
and desks, but was now concentrating on curriculum to ensure that there is
standard content for the development of the child. He said that the Government
would partner with Zinox in an effort to create a knowledge platform to harness
innovations in the State.
Governor Fashola urged other
corporate persons in Lagos to emulate the Zinox gesture by donating to the
Security Trust Fund or partnering with the Government to rebuild the
educational sector.
He emphasised the need for
corporate persons who desire to intervene in education to adopt a school or a
class or a set of pupils.
Remmy Nweke
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