The old students of St John’s Grammar School, Ile-Ife will today break new grounds with the commissioning of a N20 million road upgraded with 5,965 interlocking blocks.
According to a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of St John’s Grammar School Old Boys Association (SJOBA), Kehinde Bamigbetan, the brainchild of the project 1979 to 1984 set, revealed that the road project is 150 metres length and six metres wide with dual bell mouth at both ends.
“With one-sided open drain of 150-metre kerb, the interlocking is expected to last in view of the use of laterite as a subgrade and application of layers of materials to ensure that plant-based waste does not percolate.”
SJOBA said the construction, which took 14 weeks, was put to structural test successfully by running a vehicle at 25 metres.per hour.
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Commending the set, president of St John’s Grammar School Old Boys Association SJOBA, Dr. Odunayo Osoba said the SJOBA continues to set the standards for other alumni associations to follow.
He recalled how other sets had built a new block of toilets, rehabilitated blocks of classrooms, teachers” quarters and the library.
His words: ” The 1979-84 set has raised the bar of giving back to the alma mater with this gigantic project. I believe other sets shall set their eyes