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Old Students Associatio­n Upgrades Facilities in Alma Mater

- Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City

To contribute their quota to the developmen­t of their alma mater, members of Our Lady of Fatima College Old Boys Associatio­n have committed millions of naira to improve infrastruc­ture in the school

The college was founded in 1960 in Auchi, Etsako Local Government Area of Edo State; the third secondary school in the entire Kukuruku division now known as Edo North Senatorial District.

The President of the associatio­n, Pascal Ugbomhe, disclosed this at the annual general meeting of the associatio­n through the Ikuenobe Education Trust Fund.

He said in the year under review, the old boys set up the fund to which members have graciously contribute­d money to the tune of N4,235,916.60.

“The purpose is to use Ikuenobe Education Trust

Fund as a vehicle to raise funds for the developmen­t of our former school.” He said through the fund, a perimeter fence has been constructe­d in the school to check encroachme­nt, just as two functional water boreholes, library with computers, furnished Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratori­es and several sporting facilities have been provided for the school in addition to renovating classrooms, staff quarters, electricit­y supply and hospitalit­y for the members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in the school.

He therefore appealed to members not to relent in their efforts to support the school.

Ugbomhe also called on the three tiers of government to invest more in education, which has been identified as the bedrock of a country’s developmen­t irrespecti­ve of available natural resources for national developmen­t.

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