From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
The 1997 Set of the Old Students Association of St John’s Anglican Grammar School, Ode Lemo, in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, has called on the alumnus of the school to rally support and save their alma mater from infrastructural decay.
It equally appealed to the Ogun State Government to intervene and help salvage the school from the brink of extinction.
This call was contained in a statement signed by Sam Odusolu, Secretary, St John’s Anglican Grammar School Old Students’ Association (Class of 1997) a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Abeokuta. Odusolu said that though the 1997 Set of the school had recently engaged in some interventions in the secondary school, including giving prizes to the best overall students in all the classes to encourage academic excellence, more support was required to restore both physical and academic glory of the school.
According to him, the dilapidated structures in the secondary school needed to be salvaged, while other amenities should also be provided.
He stressed that the old students should be ready to pull resources to save decrepit classrooms, library, science laboratories, administrative office as well as the Corpers’ Lodge within the school.
While commending the incumbent administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun, for providing a block of five classrooms to replace the dilapidated J.S.S. 2 and J.S.S. 3, he appealed to the state government to facilitate construction of another block of four classrooms in the school.