GOLDEN JUBILEE: LAUTECH don, Prof Adebayo, donates laptop, printer, notebooks, pens to schools (PHOTOS)

Image caption: Rev Prof Adegoke Adebayo (middle) while his wife Mrs. Eunice Adebayo is left

GOLDEN JUBILEE: LAUTECH don, Prof Adebayo, donates laptop, printer, notebooks, pens to schools (PHOTOS)

Inaolaji OLAYODE

Rev’d. Canon Prof Adegoke Adebayo has presented laptop, printer, notebooks and pens to schools in Ogbomoso, Oyo state to mark his 50th birthday.

He presented note books to all pupils in Ascension Nursery and Primary School, Oke Aanu, Ogbomoso, and in his alma mater, Lagbedu/Pontela Methodist Basic School in Ogo Oluwa local government area of Oyo state.

Also, desks and chairs for 60 students as well as packs of pens were presented to Muslim Comprehensive High School Ogbomoso while a printer, laptop and pens were given to the School of Science, Ogbomoso, his alma mater.

Appreciating the kind gesture, Mrs Fabeku Olukemi, the principal of School of Science, enthused the donation will serve as an encouragement to all the students.

Also, the chairman of the Parent-Teacher Association, PTA, Hon. Kunle Adeyi, expressed appreciation to the celebrant on behalf of the parents for the benevolence act, saying, “Your coming alone is more than the gift. It is a motivation to the students, they will be inculcated with the belief they can be great too. Thank you for the kind gesture, though we are still asking for more.”

The celebrant, Prof Adebayo encouraged the students to have focus, stressing that he would do more in the future to add value to the school.

Similarly, head teachers of the beneficiary primary schools thanked Rev. Canon Professor Adebayo.

Also speaking, Onilagbedu of Lagbedu Oba James Adeleye Oyelowo praised the gesture of Prof Adebayo. He said, “The society needs people like that who contribute to the development of their society especially Alma Mater. We all realise government cannot do all in education and so people of goodwill are always welcome to complement government. We encourage others to emulate Prof Adebayo.”

The impactful event which has as planning committee members Venerable Dr Gabriel Abiodun, Mrs Wumi Ayobami, Mr Solomon Adebayo, Rev Canon Tunji Osinuga, has been hailed by many commentators as exemplary.

“Giving back to the society is an idea we should embrace no matter how little, that is what prompted my action,” Prof Adebayo said while speaking with Ogbomoso Insight.