Esther Oluku
The 1981/1982 alumni class of Eko Boys High School have handed over a totally accomplished rest room block to the Junior Secondary School part of their alma mater as a part of actions to mark their forty fourth commencement anniversary and reunion.
The reunion, which was the primary public assembly of the group within the final 44 years, introduced collectively over 50 Old Boys in a celebration of life, success and comradeship lasting two days and internet hosting college students and Old Boys to a symposium and Gala respectively.
President, Eko Old Boys Association (EKOBA) 81/82, Johnson Folayan, talking through the symposium added that in furtherance to the dedication of EKOBA 81/82 to assist the establishment in the direction of meet the calls for of recent training, it’s opening a money reward for the perfect graduating college students for every class.
The finest graduating college students from senior secondary college three will get a money reward of N100,000; finest graduating college students from senior secondary college one and two will get N75,000 every whereas finest graduating college students from junior secondary college one, two and three will get N50,000 every.
Since its institution as a social service membership in 1996, EKOBA 81/82 has supported the varsity with a multi-million naira Basket ball court docket, 13 computer systems, two desk tennis set, and 1,000,000 naira donation in the direction of the development of the Rev. Benjamin W. Euba Memorial corridor amongst others. Folayan defined that the group had chosen the renovation of the bathroom undertaking for this reunion to enhance the hygiene stage of the scholars.
“When we got there, we realised that there was no toilet. As a matter of fact, the hygiene level was very, very bad. I couldn’t have entered into the toillet to use it. And these are supposed to be our children growing up,” he stated.
In his comment, EKOBA National President, Tito Nurudeen, defined that whereas the bathroom in a single within the collection of tasks the EKOBA 81/82 Service Club has undertaken since its inception, the bathroom undertaking alone is valued at over six million naira.
He added that as a part of plans to maintain the power, the alumni physique has additionally employed devoted staffs to be sure that the bathroom is all the time saved clear.
Speaking on the official unveiling, member, EKOBA Board of Trustees, Otunba Funso Owoyemi, prayed that God replenishes the members who’ve dedicated their assets to delivering the undertaking.
“Impacting society is not only intervention in a critical situation but also in a minor level like this, you are impacting lives. When students graduate from a decent environment, it lives with them forever,” he stated.
