Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state government would connect no fewer than 100 schools to internet by the end of May.
Sanwo-Olu said this on Thursday, during the inauguration of Lagos State Schools Infrastructure Projects and four school buildings.
He said that the State government had started to roll out fibre optics across state-owned schools to aid learning through high-speed internet connectivity.
According to him, the broadband Internet infrastructure will be completed and inaugurated in 100 schools selected for the pilot scheme.
Sanwo-Olu further said the State was rapidly changing, with globalisation and technological advancement and there was urgent need to prepare the children for the future.
During a ministerial briefing on May 4, the Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Hakeem Fahm had said the state government was implementing the deployment of 6,000km of Fibre Metro Network connection across the state.
Fahm said that 3,000kms of Fibre Metro Network connection had been deployed in 2020 and additional 3,000km in 2021 across the State, as part of the comprehensive ‘Smart City Programme’ to provide a 24-hour driven economy.
