Queen Nwabueze
Barely 24 hours after the Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency Babajide Sanwo-Olu received many knocks on Twitter, the governor has offered scholarship two child hawkers he met on his way to official duties.
Prime Business Africa reports, the announcement came on the heels of many unfavourable replies Sanwo-Olu received yesterday on social media. Nigerians had dragged the governor on Twitter throughout yesterday, when his social media handler had tweeted that His Excellency was “heartbroken” to see kid hawkers on the streets of Lagos during school hours.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelPlaying to sarcasm, one twitter user with the handle @samson_at had replied: “This is a really commendable intervention by the Governor with the heart of gold. He just needs to find the remaining 2,378,792 out-of-school children roaming Lagos State and give them hope too.”
“Only fools will still fall for this type of optics,” retorted one Delecredible
According to @idara_mmi: “E no go better for photo ops sha. See how they left those kids with the buckets on their heads. Tueh!!!”
The Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile had tweeted: “Gov @jidesanwoolu today gave hope to two out-of-school girls he met on his way to an official duty this morning. The Gov was heartbroken to see the girls on the road during school hours, with buckets on their heads, stopped his convoy, inquired why they were not in school.”
“They told him their parents couldn’t afford tuition fees. He found who their parents were and promised to take over the full responsibility of the girls’ upbringing and education,” Akosile had reported.
