140-yr-old school building set for demolition

Esther Taiwo

Methodist Girls High Schools Old Girls Association, (MGHSOGA), Yaba Lagos is set to pull down the old building within the school premises and build a new structure.

This was made known by the President, Methodist Girls High School Old Girls Association, Mrs. Yomi Afolabi in a press statement. According to Afolabi, the time has come for the old to give way to the new structure.

“This coming Saturday, the old structure will be pulled down and the construction of the new building begins. We thank God that no life was lost since the old structure was set up many years back.

Though we have memories of the old building, but it has to go down because we are building a modern facilities here,” said Afolabi.

While thanking God for divine helpers, Afolabi expressed gratitude for the experience and privilege to be a proud student of the school.

“We are proud to have received undiluted training and nurturing in the hands of great teachers. Indeed the old order changes, giving way to new building,” she said.

Also speaking, Head of the Media Team, MGHSOGA, Mrs. Tinu Odugbemi, pointed out that the association had discovered two years ago that the centenary block of the school had some structural defects.

“The centenary block of the school is almost 140 years old. So, it is really an old building and the students have been moved out of the building for safety. Already, each set has been asked to contribute the sum of N5 million and the target is to raise N100 million from the Old Girls Association”.

The school she pointed out has also produced eminent Nigerians who have contributed greatly to the socio-economic development of the nation. The Old Girls Association of Methodist Girls’ High School abounds in several fields and industries, and their performance encourages us to do more.”

On her part, Vice-President of the Fundraising Committee, Mrs. Adetola Ola, who is of the 79/84 set, said she was proud to be a product of the school and that the values she got from the school really influenced her life.

She said: “Individual sets have done quite a number of things for the school, including the setting up of an e-learning classroom. Some sets also brought the laboratories to state-of-the-art level.

We have also organised workshops to be able to know what challenges the girls are going through.”

Methodist Girls High School was established in 1879 to give girls such an education that would enable them to contribute in a practical and meaningful way to the stability of family life within the society.