Mr Tajudeen Ajide, the Chairman, Surulere Local Government area, Lagos, has advised students to imbibe the reading culture in order to increase vocabulary acumen.

Ajide gave the advice at the 2019 Preliminary Spelling Bee Competition for Junior and Senior Secondary School category on Thursday in Lagos.

Three secondary schools students qualified to represent Surulere Local Government area in the Spelling Bee Annual Competition at the state level.

The winners of the secondary school category, Amen Musiliu of Government College came first; Onosoga Samuel came second, while Ojo Adedotun came third.

Also, the winners of the primary school category are Ibrahim Alimi of Surulere Primary School, Anita Emmanuel and Anu Abodunrin of Obele Primary School respectively.

Spelling Bee Competition is a pet project of Sen. Oluremi Tinubu.

It was introduced by Sen. Tinubu during her time as the Wife of former Gov. Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Lagos State in 2006.
The competition had since been done annually, and the outcome had shown in the performance of our pupils and students in the external examinations.
Ajide said that sequel to the programme over the years, the state Ministry of Education laid emphasis on ensuring that all public schools should participate in the yearly competition.
He said such activity serves as the platform for discovery of talents who are professionals in various fields in the society.
”The competition encourages reading habit and culture of healthy academic rivalry among our school pupils.
”It also helps in the increase of the vocabulary acumen of our children,” the council chairman said.
Ajide advised the contestants to put in their best to win and become the overall winner at the grand finale to promote their local government.

Commenting, Mr Quadri Lawal, the council Head of Education and Library Department, said that the competition was to improve and encourage spelling ability among primary pupils and secondary schools students in the state.

Lawal said that 30 secondary schools and 42 from primary schools from the local government area participated in the competition.

”The competition is designed to improve the spelling and vocabulary, and also build the students in the use of English.

Lawal said that winners from the local government would join their counterparts at the state level, while the overall winner would act as a day governor of the state. 

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