Old Boys laud Makinde for approving school revival

• Published date: 19 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The National President of Urban Day Grammar School Old Students Association (UDGSNOSA), Ibadan, Oyo State, Kunle Sulaimon Teslim, has hailed Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for approving the re-establishment and resuscitation of the Urban Day Grammar School, Elekuro, Ibadan, Oyo State.

The school, had been phased out since 1999.

Teslim also lauded the governor for approving the new site of the school, on which the old boys are building projects.

Teslim spoke at the seventh annual general meeting and ground-breaking of the school, at GovernmentTechnical College, Orita-Aperin, Ibadan.

He appreciated the members for their commitment and also enjoined them to always eschew divisive comments and actions.

The president assured that reconciliation efforts were on track to bring back members who had left the fold, stressing that the association is at a most critical moment when its major target is about to come to fruition and for which all hands must be on deck.

Teslim also lauded the individual old student and class sets for their donations toward the school project.

The UDGSNOSA National President added that his administration would buckle-up about its responsibilities to the school, to uplift it to enviable heights, calling on all tiers of governments to declare a state of emergency on education.

According to him, it is preposterous for...