Management of LASACO Assurance plc, says it would continue to deploy resources and investment on initiatives that would empower today’s Nigerian youths for a better future of the country. This decision the company noted is part of its corporate social responsibility strategy to impact the larger society and the environment where it does it business.
In this vein, the Company recently made a financial donation to Lagos Empowerment and Resource Network (LEARN) to enable it organize and facilitate Summer School programme for this year’s long vacation as a means to keep students off the street during the period.
Beyond students taking tutorials in their regular academic subjects, the summer school programme is designed to empower student with practical skills that would make them self reliance and inculcate entrepreneurial skill in different areas of endeavours. Practical skill areas include shoe making, bead making, event decoration, barbing, catering, soap making, photography among others.
Olusola Ladipo-Ajayi, group managing director, explained that LASACO believes tomorrow is certain when future leaders are properly groomed and nurtured through investment in their education and empowerment with practical skills that would make them self- reliance. “Our support for LEARN has been on in the last 3 to 4 years due to LASACO’s believe in being a socially responsible corporate organization as well as sustaining the legacy of its former chairman, late Akin Leigh, who initiated the collaboration with LEARN. This great initiative aligns with one of LASACO’s strategic business principle of striving to better the society, particularly using corporate social responsibility platform and therefore deserves sustenance”.
“LASACO cannot but give support to Lagos State Government’s drive to lay a solid foundation for the future leaders. Lagos State government has also been very supportive of LASACO as a corporate entity”, he added.
Biodun Dosunmu, general manager who represented the GMD led a team of LASACO management to one of the summer school centres at Oke Ira Junior Grammar School, oke Ira, Lagos, expressing his excitement on LEARN initiative of getting students engaged during the holiday rather than roaming the street, stating that the society would be better for it.
The Coordinator of Oke Ira Centre, Olufunmilayo Soneye disclosed that the centre has about 600 students drawn from various schools in the area. According to her, many parents have testified to the effectiveness of the programme as they have noticed remarkable positive changes in the live of their children.
Apart from Oke Ira, LEARN has two other centres for this year’s summer school. They are Iponri Estate Junior School, Iponri Surulere and Awori Ajeromi Junior Grammar School Agboju.
Lagos Empowerment & Resource Network (LEARN) was established in 2007 with special focus on youth development. The vision is to ignite a passion for learning in the youths through education, vocational skills and recreation.
