Old Students Should Rescue Schools — MAPOLY Alumni Association

Dr. Femi Adefila, the Chairman, Planning Committee of the 30th Graduation Anniversary of the 1992 set of the Association of Mass Communication Graduates of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, (MAPOLY)Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr. has reiterated the importance of the roles of old students in the development of their alma mater. 

Adefila, who is also the Founder of RAVE FM in Osogbo, Osun State, in a statement, said that with the precarious situation of schools in the country, alumni associations could salvage learning institutions and become their pillars.

“The economic situation across the globe isn’t favourable at the moment.

“Nigeria’s situation is particularly precarious. 

“This has led to the schools, especially government schools, being sidelined in the allocation of very scarce resources.

“This has placed a responsibility on old students to embark on a rescue mission to the schools by pulling resources together to support the schools in the areas of modern infrastructure and facilitating volunteers to help the students in bridging the gap in the impartation of critical knowledge,” he said.

Adefila further said this assignment birthed the decision of AMACOG 92 to renovate the television studio of the Mass Communication Department of MAPOLY and install modern facilities to improve quality learning.

The unveiling of the television was done today, July 1 as part of the 30th anniversary.

“The unveiling of the departmental television station is part of the 30th anniversary of the AMACOG members who graduated from the then Ogun State Polytechnic in 1992. 

“We were also in the school five years ago to support the department in various areas as part of the need to reach out to our former school.”

He noted the 30th-anniversary celebration would be rounded off with a dinner also on July 1, 2022.