Speaking at the event the Vice President Lead City
University Student Representative Council (SRC) Dapo Durosaro, said the maiden
program of the student body sponsor by eminent Nigerian in donating education
materials is to serve as motivation and help the students to showcase their
talents.
Dapo also noted that the material will also add to value of
the school and enhance teaching process of the teachers.
He however described the donor of the materials, Hon Akeem
Ademola Ige as a good representative at the state house of assembly who has
catch a niche for himself right from his days as Ibadan South East council boss
and still supporting students in no measure.
Hon. Akeem Ige ,representing South-East constituency
11 in the Oyo State House of Assembly, said
that the essence of leaning as students is to be
expose to modern day learning materials, saying the idea of embarking on a
community service for secondary schools in Oyo State is to serve as
motivational and help the students to showcase their talents.
Hon. Akeem Ige also disclosed the State Assembly has set up a
committee called Oyo state Educational Trust Fund and passed a bill into law to
look into how the #1,000 levy collecting from the students will judiciously
used for its purpose which is the development of the education in the state and
to be channel to other state use, which he claimed that the executives has
promise to handover the money generated so far to the Educational Trust Fund
committee.
Also speaking was the
principal of the school, Mrs. Otetile appreciate the students of Lead city
students representatives council for their selfless service and commitment to
improve the education sector of the state with their own gesture.
“What we are expressing
today at St. Anne’s school is remarkable from the students by giving out to the
society at their own level and the students too are looking up to them as a
model which is quite impressive”. She said.
Mrs. Otetile however
pray for success and breakthrough in all the students endeavors.
In his vote of thanks,
Goodswill Gbehinbo, President Students Representative council (SRC) of the Lead
City University, Ibadan expresses joy and appreciation to the school authority
for allowing them and to Hon. Ige for his kind gesture.
In a related development,
the Hon. Akeem Ige led opthe top management of the school to a hospital where two
youth corps members and a night guard were being hopitalised since last night
over a robbery attack that took place on the school.
Recalling their ordeal with
the armed robbers, both Adeosun Adeola a graduate of English Education
from Obafemi Awolowo University and Soremekun Timilehin, an English
Lingusitics graduate of Redeemer’s University, narrated that the robbers
numbering about six (6) came to their room while asleep and started harassing
them before they were wounded and matcheted.
While the night guard,
Mr Ishola Olaitan also said six members of the gang ambushed him, pinned him
down and injured him on his head in is struggle with the robbers but was
overpowered and fainted before he was rushed down to the hopitald in the same
midnight.
They all thank the
honourable member of the state house of assembly, Akeem Ademola Ige for his
mild touch and gesture.
