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Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has facilitated access to free wireless service in six tertiary institutions in Lagos state.

In a statement on Thursday, Lanre Lasisi, special adviser on media and publicity to the speaker, said the exercise is geared towards building a stronger education sector.

He named the six institutions as University of Lagos, Akoka campus; Lagos State University, Ojo; Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu campus; Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin; Michael Otedola College of Education, Epe, and the Yaba College of Technology.

“The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has facilitated the installation of free Wi-Fi in six public tertiary institutions in Lagos State for ease of learning,” the statement reads.

“The exercise, tagged ‘Free Campus WiFi’, is part of Gbajabiamila’s way of giving back to society, with a view to building a stronger education sector.

“This is even as the Speaker also facilitated the construction of fully equipped ICT centres in 10 secondary schools in his Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State.

“Gbajabiamila’s gesture on free Wi-Fi cuts across both Federal Government-owned and Lagos State Government-owned tertiary institutions in the state.

“Meanwhile, as part of his efforts to improve and ease learning in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency, Speaker Gbajabiamila also facilitated the construction of ICT centres for smart learning and code programming in 10 public secondary schools.”

He gave the names of the secondary schools as: Onitolo Senior High School; Government College, Eric Moore; Gbaja Boys Senior High School; Ajigbeda Secondary School; Community Grammar School; Ansarudeen High School, Falolu; Iponri Estate High School; Surulere Girls Secondary School, Empire, and Progressive Secondary School, Mba.