Education
Club promotes educational growth in Ilara community…gives scholarships to brilliant students
In a similar gesture, one of the Patron of the Club, Elite Alhaji Alabi Memud Sodiq, CEO AMS Charity Foundation also awarded the four overall best students with payment of their WASSCE fees.
Damilola Ajibola
Towards educational growth and shaping of lives, the Ogudo Elites Club, a foremost socio-cultural group in Ilara -Yewa, in Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, has awarded scholarships to students in the community.
News Contact Online gathered that the Club recently organized the second edition of debate and spelling bee competitions among public and private secondary schools in the town.
The event featured debate for senior secondary schools; spelling bee for junior secondary schools; career enlightenment talk; award presentations; scholarships and distribution of educational materials.
The Zonal Education Officer of Imeko Afon Local Government, Mr Oluwatosin Sofoluwe, while speaking on the theme “Causes and consequences of the excessive desire for materia wealth among secondary school students in Imeko Afon Local Government perspectives”, urged the students to prioritize education above material things for their future.
Notable individuala in and outside the community who have demonstrated their commitments towards educational advancement were given awards of exemplary leadership.
They included Oba Oyede-Lawal , the Oloola of Ilara; Charity Foundation; Engr Jamiu Ogundele, CEO JAMSALOD NIGERIA LIMITED, Elder David Oluwasegun Opeilu; AOPSHON chairman, Imeko-Afon LG, Dr Ephesus Olusoji Fatunmbi, National President, Ilara Community High School Old Students Association, ILACHSOSA, and the ZEO of Imeko-Afon LG, Mr Oluwatosin Abayomi Sofoluwe.
In attendance at the program were the Alhaji Memud Sodiq, CEO AMS Charity Foundation and one of the Patron of Ogudo Elites Club, Alhaja Rukayat Muhammmed, Mr Ajayi, Mr Adedotun Babatunde, among others.
The two overall best students from senior secondary schools category were given scholarships of N100,000 each while two overall best students from Junior secondary schools were awarded N50,000 each respectively. Other educational materials given to the students include customized exercise books, school bags, calculators and mathematical sets, among other items.
In a similar gesture, one of the Patron of the Club, Elite Alhaji Alabi Memud Sodiq, CEO AMS Charity Foundation also awarded the four overall best students with payment of their WASSCE fees.
