Wesley College Ibadan ‘95 Set Gives Back To School

Hope returned to 10 indigent students of Wesley College of Science, Elekuro successful Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, arsenic the 1995 Alumni Set (WESCOSA ‘95) presented a cheque of N3.5 cardinal to screen their boarding fees for the caller world session.

The gesture, held astatine the schoolhouse premises successful the Ibadan South-East section authorities country of the state, targeted 5 SS2 students and 5 SS3 students whose families could not conscionable up with boarding payments.
The beneficiaries see Alawusa Alimo, Olubudo Goodluck, Gbeminiyi Okikiola, Alabi Eniola, and Sarajudeen Olamide successful SS2, arsenic good arsenic Amoo Testimony, Onaolapo Micheal, Babalola Mercy, Oyefeso Olaoluwa, and Tijani Rodiat successful SS3.
Speaking astatine the event, the president of WESCOSA ’95, Mrs Olanike Mustapha, said the involution was portion of activities to people 30 years since the acceptable graduated from the school.

“We wanted to commemorate our day by giving backmost to the instauration that shaped us. During our planning, we learnt that immoderate students were connected the verge of dropping retired owed to unpaid boarding fees, including a lad whose begetter is blind. That touched our hearts.

“We resolved to wage for 10 students, each with yearly fees of N350,000, making a full of N3.5 million. It is our mode of investing successful the aboriginal of these children.”

She, therefore, urged different alumni associations to travel suit.

“Many of america enjoyed prime acquisition successful this authorities years ago. Now it’s our crook to guarantee today’s students person akin opportunities. The authorities cannot bash it all, alumni indispensable besides springiness back,” she said.

The school’s principal, Mr. Obanisola Openiyi, commended the 1995 acceptable for their generosity, describing the motion arsenic timely and impactful.

“This donation volition gladden the hearts of struggling families for months. Some of the beneficiaries had not resumed due to the fact that they could not pay. Now, they tin instrumentality to schoolhouse with hope.

“What the alumni person done volition promote these students to enactment hard and excel.
Government efforts successful recruiting teachers and improving acquisition are commendable, but partnerships similar this marque a existent difference.”

He called connected different alumni associations and well-meaning Nigerians to enactment schools done infrastructure renewal, scholarships, and mentoring.

One of the beneficiaries, Gbeminiyi Okikiola, had yet to resume schoolhouse due to the fact that his father, Mr. Gbeminiyi Odina, who is visually impaired, could not rise the fees.

Fighting backmost tears, Odina said,

“Without paying, my lad could not participate the schoolhouse premises. I had been borrowing wealth conscionable to support him successful school, and past week I went retired again to question assistance erstwhile the people teacher called maine astir this support.

“Words cannot explicate what this means to us. He is my lone son. When I mislaid my sight, I feared helium mightiness ne'er proceed his education. This assistance is the top happening that has happened to america since his birth. I told him that erstwhile helium becomes great, helium should besides springiness backmost the mode the ’95 acceptable has done.”

The president of the Scholarship Committee, Mr. Ize Ozoya, explained that the enactment was cautiously targeted.

“We wanted to marque definite it reached the astir susceptible students. This programme is astir dignity, not conscionable money. It volition permission a lasting interaction connected these families.”

Speaking connected behalf of the pupil beneficiaries, Onaolapo Micheal (SS3) expressed gratitude:

“We are thankful for this support. It has lifted a dense load from our families. We committedness to enactment hard and marque the alumni proud,” helium assured.