As part of efforts to address the educational needs of personnel and its host communities, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has established a new secondary school at NAF Base, Shasha, Lagos State.
A statement by NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, said the new secondary school has “18 well-furnished classrooms, five fully equipped laboratories, a well-stocked library, modern recreational facilities as well as other state of the art facilities.”
He said construction of the school was part of “NAF’s modest way of adding value to its host communities.”
“Apart from bringing much relief to parents who had to travel a long distance to enroll their children in secondary schools, the new school would also provide employment opportunities for members of the host community,” he said.
Adesanya said the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said in his remark that the building of the school was necessitated by the quest to meet the educational requirements of the dependants of NAF personnel and members of the host communities.
He quoted the CAS as saying “education is the foundation for human capital development and therefore, a key factor in technical advancement and innovation”.
NAF’S spokesperson said a former Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Abdullahi Bello, who was a Guest of Honour at the event, commended the current NAF leadership for sustaining the tradition of positive contribution towards the development of children education in NAF bases and environments across the country.
“He noted that the importance of education in modelling the citizenry of any nation could not be overemphasized, as ‘Education is the veritable tool for living a responsible life’”, he said.
“The CAS used the opportunity to equally commission two blocks of adequately furnished airmen’s transit accommodation on the Base to further reduce accommodation shortage.”
NAF had recently built other secondary schools, including the Air Force Comprehensive Girls School, Abuja, as a way of contributing to the Federal Government’s efforts to resolve the girl-child education issue.
