Old students seek Oyebanji’s support to renovate Ekiti school
The old students of the Unity Secondary School, Ikere-Ekiti, headquarter of Ikere Local Government Area Ekiti State, has urged the Governor of the State, Biodun Oyebanji to join hand in remodeling alma mater.
The call was made through Its National President, Akinjide Johnny Ogunwale, during the 2023 homecoming of the old students, bemoaning that the school was suffering from infrastructural decay.
According to Ogunwale, the school was founded in 1985 and primed as one of the elite secondary school in the old Ondo State, but has since become a shadow of itself due to total neglect by the state government.
He stated further that it is now hard for the students of the school to experience convenient learning with the deplorable state of facilities, which has been left in ruins for many years.
“It’s saddening and disheartening to see the poor infrastructural status of the Unity Secondary School now Ekiti State Government School. Virtually all facilities, which we enjoyed during our time in the school, have rotten away without replacement.
“Government’s presence here is zero. We encouraged the government to come to the rescue as long as the old students are also trying their best to restore the school’s old glory”.
He indicated the preparedness of the old students to join hands with the Ekiti State Government towards making the school conducive for learning by providing the necessary infrastructure, equipment, laboratories among others.
Ogunwale commended the old students for their immense support and giving back to their former school despite the harsh economic situation in the country.
He called on the alumni to come together towards restoring their alma mater’s old glory, stressing that no effort should be spared in ensuring the school takes its rightful place among other developed schools.
“My compatriots, 11 years down the line, we can say we are not doing badly. It’s not yet uhuru, but we can progressively improve our involvement as well as our commitment to this cause of our alma mater. Our college is our heritage and we must rescue it from the parlous state”.
The major highlight of the event was the raising of fund for the proposed ultra-modern Assembly Hall and presentation of awards and cash gifts to eight former teachers of the school for the positive impacts they made on their lives.
One of the awardees and pioneer staff of the school, Chief Bayo Adeniran, hailed the old students for their tireless efforts in improving the standard of education in the school.
