Lagelu Grammar School has announced a date to celebrate its 65th anniversary celebrations.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National President of the school’s Old Boys’ Association, (LAGSOBA), Dr. Kayode Afolabi, on Saturday January 21, 2023.
According to the statement, the anniversary will hold in the school’s expansive premises on Friday January 27, 2023.
Dr Afolabi maintained that the one-day event will feature school debates; lectures, symposia and cultural displays.
Afolabi stated that the programme will be another opportunity for all old boys to come together and share ideas that will make the school greater.
He explained that the keynote address will be delivered by the President-General of the Old Students’ Association, Professor Emmanuel Ajala, of the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, while the anniversary lecture will be delivered by a distinguished Old boy and a Director in the Federal Ministry of Education on the theme; “Effective Student Preparation as a Prerequisite for Success in External Examinations”.
The statement further said that the Chairman Board of Trustees of LAGSOBA, Colonel Bola Ogunsanwo will preside over the programme.
Lagelu Grammar School which was founded by the defunct Ibadan District Council on January 27, 1958 with 33 pioneer students in its temporary site in Agugu District Council School, Ibadan has been one of the foremost secondary schools in Nigeria and has churned out the best and leading manpower in all areas of human endeavors
(TNN/PMParrot)
