A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Afeez Ipesa-Balogun, has concluded plans to award 25 scholarships to students in public secondary schools in the state next month to mark his 60th birthday.
He said the scholarships are designed to stimulate youths’ interest in studying the country’s Third Republic’s contemporary political history and beyond.
“To that effect, the first 25 students in Lagos State public secondary schools to correctly answer six quiz questions will be rewarded with N50,000 each in scholarships,” said Ipesa-Balogun.
All the quiz issues and answers are in a yet-to-be-launched book, ‘Afeez Ipesa-Balogun: Mr Speaker… Exploration of The Archives’. The book chronicles his unique political journey, capturing the story of progressive politics in Lagos State over the last 30 years.
It is also an insider’s account of what is today the most powerful movement in Nigeria, largely the political family of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The book’s public presentation is scheduled for February 6, after the emergence of the quiz winners at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Also, there will be a jummat prayer Service on February 9, 2024, at the Masjid Monsurat Ipesa-Balogun, Awoyaya, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, a Mosque built in honour of his late wife.
The celebrations will be rounded off on February 10 with a charity walk to end with free medical services and distribution of foodstuffs to community members at the Oshodi/Isolo LG Secretariat, Oyetayo Street, Oshodi.
Ipesa is a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer and former chairman of Oshodi Isolo/ LGA.
