By Sherifdeen Amusa
The Anwar-Ul Islam College Agege Old Students’ Association (ACAOSA) has disbursed N5,419,400 to the school’s outstanding students.
The scholarships, awarded by the United States (U.S.) and Nigerian Chapters of ACAOSA, were announced during the 23rd Valedictory Service held at the school’s premises last week.
The U.S. Chapter awarded N3,802,400 to 11 students, who performed excellently during the qualifying examination into JSS1.
Also, the association’s 1968/74 set awarded N1,386,600 to six outstanding students. The 1969/73 set gave N231,000 to Adedokun Adefolarin to cover his tuition fee for 2023/24 session.
Babalola Mubarak, the best graduating student, was rewarded with N100,000 by ACAOSA’s Global President General, Alhaji Abdulfattah Afolabi.
Presenting the award and unveiling the school’s website , Afolabi urged the students to emulate the ex-students of the college, who have excelled in human endeavours and also join them in contributing to the country’s growth.
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“It may interest you to note that our alumni are all over the world in all fields of human endeavours, where they have distinguished themselves and made remarkable feats. I urge you all to join these eminent alumni in no distant time to contribute to the growth of our great nation.”
He also urged the students to imbibe discipline, hardwork and honesty as they progress in their educational career.
The Post-Graduate Coordinator of Sociology at Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Elias Wahab, who was represented by the institution’s Head of Quality Assurance, Mrs. Blessing Ndukwu, delivered the valedictory lecture, themed: “Combining knowledge with creativity to think outside the box”.
Elias said thinking outside the box involves identifying existing problems in the society with the sole aim of solving it creatively from a new perspective.
He urged the students to study what they’re passionate about and not acquire degrees to satisfy their parents and later delve into something else.
He urged parents to allow their kids to acquire vocational skills pending when they would gain admission into the university.
The school principal, Abdulwaheed Soyebo, urged the graduands to always remember that life is made up of pleasant and unpleasant situations.
He urged them to always reflect on the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s saying that “Life is full of comedy and tragedy. Although one might have tragic periods, such periods are usually mere interludes”.
Outgoing Head Boy, Sanni Ibrahim, thanked ACAOSA members for their efforts in promoting teaching and learning in the school.
He also appreciated the management, teachers and their parents for their efforts in reshaping their lives and building them for future endeavours.
The 2023/24 valedictory session featured 43 and 38 graduands for SS3 and JS3 students respectively.