Vetland Senior Grammar School, Ifako-ljaiye, has emerged winner of the 2024 Annual National institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) Quiz Competition in Lagos State
Vetland clinched the first position with 60 points, Government Model Senior College, Ikorodu, got 50 points to place second, while Ilupeju Senior Grammar School finished third with 40 points.
The competition held recently at the Co-Curriculum Service Department of the Lagos State Ministry of Education It was centred on legislature, democracy and governance affairs.
Lagos State Coordinator of NILDS, Mrs Aminat Sulaiman said that the objective of the competition was to provide students with knowledge on legislature.
“The idea is to broaden the knowledge of students on history. practice and procedure of the legislature and encourage deeper understanding of democratic governance.
The competition will also stimulate the interest of students in politics and make them more proactive in matters relating to legislature and democracy,” she said.
In her remarks, Mrs Funmi Akintolarin, a Deputy Director in the Lagos State Ministry of Education, described the programme as laudable
She congratulated the winners and other participants and urged the winners to make Lagos State proud at the zonal stage scheduled for Oct. 31
They all did well, but there is still room for improvement and for the winners, I believe that at the zonal level they are going to do a lot better and qualify for the grand finale.
