The 1986 set of Ibadan City Academy Old Students has renovated and donated 4 classroom blocks price N9 million to their alma mater.
The Set Coordinator, Alhaji Ismaila Saka, disclosed this on Saturday in Ibadan through the set’s fortieth anniversary and reunion celebration.
Saka mentioned the renovation venture was conceived two years in the past when members started planning the anniversary celebration.
He defined that the set resolved to transcend merriment and pleasantries by leaving a permanent legacy for current and future college students.
“By the grace of God, that vision has become a reality.
“We successfully renovated four classroom blocks at a total cost of approximately N9 million,” he mentioned.
Saka described the venture as a testomony to the set’s unity, generosity, collective willpower and dedication to instructional growth.
He mentioned its profitable completion demonstrated that age and distance couldn’t diminish individuals’s means to make significant contributions when united by a standard goal.
The coordinator described the reunion as greater than an anniversary celebration, saying it represented friendship, survival, shared reminiscences and enduring brotherhood and sisterhood.
In his remarks, the Global President of the Ibadan City Academy Old Students’ Association (ICAOSA), Alhaji Ismail Bello, recommended the 1986 set for its contribution to the varsity’s growth.
Bello, represented by the affiliation’s Secretary, Alhaja Sakirat Yusuf, urged the varsity administration to take care of and shield the renovated school rooms and different amenities.
He additionally urged members to show better dedication to paying their dues, stressing that ample funding was important for the affiliation’s sustainability.
The Chairman of the event, Alhaji Rahman Alabi, urged members to make use of the reunion to reconcile, reconnect and assist much less privileged colleagues.
“We attended the same school and graduated together, but our levels of progress are not the same,” he mentioned.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) studies that highlights included the presentation of presents to former academics and the reducing of the anniversary cake. (NAN)
Edited by Kamal Tayo Oropo
