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THE Old Pupils Association of the Fatima Private School, Jos, is to plant and nurture to maturity, 50 trees at the Jos Wild Life Park, to celebrate 50 years of their alma mater’s existence.
The National President of the association, Mr Luka Elayo, made this known at the golden jubilee celebration in Jos.
According to Elayo, the gesture is part of the group’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
“As part of the golden jubilee celebration, we are going to plant 50 trees at the Jos Wild Life Park.
“Once rainy season sets in, we will plant the trees and nurture them to maturity.
“This is part of our corporate social responsibility to Plateau,” he said.
Elayo, who said series of activities had been slated as part of the celebration, added that they were aimed at thanking the institution for contributing to the growth and development of the society.
Elayo said the alma mater had produced Nigerians currently making positive impacts.
“We want to thank the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos for setting up this school 50 years ago.
“We also thank those who managed it since inception.
“This celebration is very remarkable, it is good to come back and say thank you to an institution that has made you what you are.
“We had our educational foundation here; today, many of us are placed in positions of authority, contributing our quotas to nation-building.
“This celebration is to appreciate the school for the knowledge it instilled in us,” he said.
Elayo said that as part of the golden jubilee celebration, the old pupils would also identify some projects to carry out in the school.
A former member of the House of Representatives and pioneer student of the institution, Mr Edward Pwajok (SAN), said that the alumni of the school were scattered across the country and abroad.
Pwajok thanked the school for nurturing the old students into what they had become in the society, and promised to continue to make the school, Plateau and the nation proud.
Rev Fr. Daniel Gyang, Education Secretary, Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, thanked the old pupils for organising the event.
Gyang said that the school remained one of the best primary schools in Plateau, and promised that it would maintain the standard it had been known for.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the school was established in January 1971 by the late Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Gabriel Ganaka.
NAN
– Jan. 30, 2021 @ 16:15 GMT |
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