It was celebration galore at the school hall of Sanngo Secondary School, Agege, Lagos as the 1995/96 Alumni set celebrated 25 years of leaving the school.
Also in attendance at the event were some of the teachers who taught them while in the school.
One of them was Alhaji Abubakri AbdulAzeez, who was the Vice Principal back then. He said he was happy to witness the anniversary and admonished the old students to seek help from God.
“I give thanks to Almighty God who spared our lives to witness this convention. It is with great pleasure and excitement to welcome all of you to this great convention of Sango Senior Secondary School Agege Old Students’ Association. My advice to you is in three folds: Believe in God, Obedience to parents and Love one another other.”
“I thank all old students who made this convention a reality. I must not forget to appreciate all our former principals, vice principals as well as teachers that played significant roles in the lives of these students.”
The President of the Alumni’s Board of Trustees, Mr. Adewale Shoremekun, said the celebration was an avenue to thank God and meet old friends. He also advised current pupils of the school to love their teachers and take to corrections.
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“This is where our roots were formed. What we are today is a product of what we learnt here. The lecturers, teaching, friendship and bond we formed has really impacted in our life.
“The advice I have for current students of Sanngo Secondary School is to love all their teachers because sometimes, if you have anything other than love for your teacher, it might be difficult to understand what they are teaching you. That might be like a curtain or a veil in front of you. What you are there for is knowledge. Students should know whatever they are being corrected for it is for their good and being done in love not out of wickedness because these teachers have gone through whatever the students are going through now. They should be diligent in all they do.”
Mr. Shoremekun also spoke on how the alumni body has met the school’s needs.
“We have done things in the past; we came here and met the then principal and told her of our plans to give back to the school. She told us they needed a big generator that can handle all their laboratories and facilities because of power failure and we provided it. We also organised pep talks for them because we were told some of the students were being unruly. We go into their classes, listen to them and address their concerns. The only need of theirs we are yet to meet is to provide computers and we are hoping to provide that soon.”
Mr. Ayoola Idowu Olofinsawo who was the senior prefect of the school during the 1995/1996 academic year said that he felt great to be able to gather with his former classmates, some of whom he had not seen since 25 years ago. He also advised members of the association to stand in brotherhood as the school anthem says because working together makes it easier to achieve a lot.
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