PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY DR ADEKUNLE OJO, SAN PRESIDENT GENERAL, CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL EFON ALAAYE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY DR ADEKUNLE OJO, SAN PRESIDENT GENERAL, CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL EFON ALAAYE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION THIS 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2023 ON THE FORTHCOMING 63RD FOUNDERS’ DAY ANNIVERSARY AND GLOBAL REUNION FESTIVAL OF THE SCHOOL
Theme: TRANSFORMING CAPOSTO: THE BOULEVARD BACK TO THE DAYS OF DISTINCTIONS.
I welcome you ladies and gentlemen of the press, my school mates and well-wishers of the C.A.C Grammar School Efon Alaaye (CAPOSTO), Ekiti State, to this press conference. It is my pleasure to bring to your notice the forthcoming 63rd Founders ‘Day Anniversary and the Global Reunion Festival of our alma mater, CAC Grammar School Efon Alaaye (a.k.a CAPOSTO) which will hold from the 15th day of November to the 18th day of November 2023 in the School Compound, in Efon Alaaye.
This conference, of course, is the first event of the anniversary. On the 15th day of November 2023, will be the welcome party for every Alumnus. On the 16th day of November, 2023, in the morning, there will be a Career Talk with the theme- Career Choice: It’s about creating yourself. The topics for discussion will include (1) Shaping my life to fit into the digital world; (2) Entrepreneurship as the gateway to self sufficiency; and (3) Dream big and become what you believe. The association has arranged seasoned bureaucrats to serve the meals hot and the agenda and space is elaborate enough to accommodate five students each from all the other 6 public schools in the Efon Alaaye and another school from a neighboring local government. In the evening of the 16th day of November 2023 we would be having a Novelty Match between the Old War Horses and the CAPOSTO Generation Next.
On the 17th day of November, 2023, we shall be commissioning the 2023 project which is about N10M in value. The project is inspired by the Finance and General Purpose Committee of the Alumni and the generality of our members. On the same day, we will also be commissioning the Rehabilitated School Library which was refurbished by the 1973 set of the school to mark their 50th Graduation Anniversary. We shall proceed to the School field to have the Global Reunion Festival, which will have all the sets coming together to merry. The Governor of the State, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, who is an alumnus of our great school, the Obalufon Alayemore, Alaaye of Efon Kingdom, serving commissioners, reputable and distinguished Alumnus who have accomplished in various field of endeavors will grace the occasion. In the evening of the 17th day of November 2023 there shall be a Reunion Gala Night at Emirate Hotels in Efon Alaaye.
On the 18th day of November, 2023 we shall have the 63rd Founders’ Day Thanksgiving in the School’s Assembly Hall. Between the 16th and 18th day of November 2023 Prayers and open Crusades will hold daily where prayers will be continuously offered for the Students, the community, Ekiti State and Nigeria- Prophet Hezekiah Oladeji and Evang. Dr. Bola Are who happens to be an Alumnus will be ministering
As stated earlier, the theme of the Anniversary is: TRANSFORMING CAPOSTO: THE BOULEVARD BACK TO THE ERA OF DISTINCTION. We shall be using the anniversary to achieve the following goals and more:
1. Ensure a plush and strong projection of CAPOSTO’s values, heritage, inspirations and contributions to the growth of human and educational resources in Ekiti State, Nigeria and the World.
2. Attract the students’ attention to the ideals, values, comportments and the ingredients of true leaders.
3. To stabilize CAPOSTO as a competitive network which serves as the door to access top and clean bureaucrats, policy makers and political determinants in the society.
4. Put in place open doors that will enable the School, CAPOSTO, access international development programs.
5. For C.A.C Grammar School to be adopted and acknowledged as one of the LEGACY INSTITUTIONS in Ekiti by the Ekiti State Government.
6. Cultivate a strong visibility of our BRAND (CAPOSTO) as a LEGACY INSTITUTION in the whole country.
7. Serve as an opportunity for reminiscence, old school reunion,
8. Creating in the students the awareness of opportunities ahead of them and how education can be used to defeat poverty.
Education remains the weak link, which is often ignored, in the fight against poverty and developmental growth.
No nation and no people can successfully fight against poverty, and grow in the face of lack of education and inability to access equal right to education. Education will not only enable you understand your rights, it will also enable you employ your rights to tackle and defeat poverty. Law is not all about the decisions of the courts, the laws enacted by the legislatures, the prosecutions by the police prosecutors and the formal institutions that have direct relationship with the law; it is also the normative system that resides in the minds of the citizens of a society. Hence, it is important to appreciate the needs of the citizens to have full awareness of the laws of the country and the opportunities for growth and prosperity. Consequently, mere enactment of law is insufficient to put the law in motion unless and until, the instrument of education is applied to ensure that the law is communicated to the people it is intended to govern. It will open them to know that they are entitled to equal access to economic resources, rights to food, employment etc.
We, however, need to de-colonize our educational system in Africa. If by now the necessary knowledge, skills and manpower are lacking, then, what is the use of our polytechnics and universities. Education that is not connected with the gifts and resources God has given us. If our children do not have capacity and skills to move us forward, then why did they go to school? Then the weakest link to Nigerian prosperity is the education system. We should prioritize our needs and teach them, even from the basis schools. In rounding up, I humbly urge your support to the best of your abilities for our Anniversary /Global Reunion. Thank you.
Dr Adekunle Ojo, SAN
