Ex-students donate furniture, other items to alma mater

The Ransome Kuti Old Student Association (RAOSA) 91 set has donated about 100 unit of furniture to the Ransome Kuti Memorial Junior and Senior Grammar School in Lagos.

Other items donated to the school include, six units of magic marker board.

Chairman of RAOSA, Mr. Olawale Martins, an architect, during the brief ceremony at the school premises to commission the project, said the gesture is a way of giving back to the school.

He called on the students of the school to put the furniture to good use and not damage them, adding that ”between the time we came into the school and now, we realised that a lot has changed. Changes that cannot be taken as normal standard of education have taken place.

”Our set started this school when it was newly built, but what we are seeing today is not what we started with and not what we could say about education.

As old student association, we’ve seen poverty in education and we want to alleviate the poverty in our educational system through these items we are giving out to the school today.

”We want to use this opportunity to call on the students of the school to put these items into good use and not damage them. I remember during our own time, we didn’t damage school property.”

Principal of the school, Mrs. Christiana Dosumu, who received the items on behalf of the school, said RAOSA 91 set has given back to the school in a big way, declaring that she is overwhelmed by the gesture of the old students.

”I’m sincerely overwhelmed by what RAOSA 91 set did here today. I want to appreciate the chairman, the executive members and other old student of 91 set on behalf of Ransome Kuti Memorial Senior Grammar School.

I want to appreciate the 91 set of the school because they are giving back to the school in a very big way.

”I want to assure you that we are going to maintain these items and ensure that the student put them into good use. I want to use this opportunity to say that we still have some challenges and part of the challenges is the roof of the school building.

”We’ve been battling with the leaking roof of the school. We are soliciting support from the old students because this is not what only one set can do. If all the past sets can come together, they will be able to fix the roof of the school which has become a problem to us whenever it rains,” she added.