ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The Northern Region chapter of the Ekiti Baptist High School, Igede Ekiti Old Students Association and the 1983/84 set of the school rejoice with Elder Dele Moronkeji, national president of the National Alumni Association, his executive committee members, former and current principals as well as present students as the school marks it’s diamond jubilee on Saturday (today).
In a statement sent to Sundiata Post, Yeye Bolanle Olatunde, secretary; Northern Region Chapter as well as the 1984 set, said the 60th founders’ day anniversary marked a milestone in the annals of EBHS, saying it called for celebrations. Olatunde, who was also the school’s senior prefect girl in 1984 posited that the school has lived up to its motto which says; “Pro Christo Et Humanitate” meaning “For Christ and Humanity”. This, she said was evident in the calibre of businessmen and women, captains of industry, internationally acclaimed scholars as well as professionals in various fields of endeavour which the school has produced. According to her, “the EBHS ranks amongst the best single digit secondary schools in Ekiti State and certainly remains a force to reckon with in the entire south west as well as in Nigeria as a whole. The two associations are therefore very excited that the EBHS has come of age and thus reiterated their full involvement and support in the forthcoming weeklong of activities marking the school’s Diamond Jubilee coming in September.’
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While calling on the present crop of students to build on the enduring legacies of the school’s torch bearers, Olatunde, however, expressed disappointment with the decrepit state of infrastructure in the school and called on well meaning Nigerians, corporate organisations, philanthropists as well as the old students to come to the aid of the school and restore its dimming glory so the banner of “Up School” could fly high up again.