Elder statesman Chief Deji Fasuan has attributed the development of Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, to its old students, including Governor Kayode Fayemi.
Fasuan said the school would have deteriorated if not for the contributions of the old students in the last 30 years.
He spoke at a news conference on the school’s 80th anniversary.
Fasuan lamented the “entire neglect of the school by the old Ondo State”.
At the news conference were old students, including Very Rev. Dr. John Aina, Dr. Ade Fasanmade, Chief Francis Daramola, Mrs. Idowu Ogunrinde (Principal, Christ Girls’ School) and Chief Olusola Bayode, President, Christ’s School Alumni Worldwide.
Fasuan, who retired as permanent secretary in the old Ondo State, said: “Individual alumni members have built classrooms and sank boreholes in the school. There is a member who spent N20 million over a period of time on various projects in the school.
“Even Fayemi, before he became governor, gave the school a giant size power generator and renovated some classrooms. The situation was worse when we were in the old Ondo State, when the school was virtually neglected.”
Fasanmade, who is the chairman of the home branch of the association, said the alumni was not considering the return of the school to missionaries.
He said: “If improvement in quality teaching and learning would be possible through the return of the school, we accept it. But we are not looking at the return of the school as a singular means to achieve this.
“The anniversary would feature presentation of awards of excellence/honour to seven monarchs who are alumni members and others.”
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