IGANKE/Nigeria: A group, Igbanke Unity Forum (IUF) will in April 20, 2019, present school furniture to all 13 primary schools at Igbanke, Orhionmwon Local Government Area, Edo State, just as the old boys of Igbanke Grammar School had planned the launching of a school building on same day.
Co-founder of the IUF, Mr. Collins Edomaruse, said in a statement that the furniture would be officially presented to head teachers of the schools by the state’s commissioner of education at the main field of Igbanke Primary School, Igbanke.
Mr. Edomaruse, a former editor at THISDAY and Publisher of METROWATCH Online newspaper, said the IUF, a FaceBook-based non-profit and non-political organisation, was founded three years ago.
With membership strength of about 4,000, the IUF was founded to primarily address the education needs of all Igbanke children schooling at both primary and secondary schools in the community.
In November 2017, the IUF printed and distributed branded books to all students of the three secondary schools in the community.
Old Students Reunite, Launch School Building
The Old Students of Igbanke Grammar School on Saturday April 20, will in a planned colorful reunion, launch a new block of classrooms during the gathering, which will be attend by the education commissioner, senior public servants, politicians, among other dignitaries.
Already, the school is wearing a new look as preparation for the mother of all reunions which is expected to gather the Who-is-Who in both Edo and Delta states, gets underway.
Chairman of the Steering Committee, Mr. Jacob Erhabor, in a statement said, the event is expected to reunite old students from the 1972 through 2018 sets.
He enjoined all old students of the school to take advantage of the event to catch up with old classmates and old friends.
