President Goodluck Jonathan has said that improvement of the country’s education sector will galvanise the transformation agenda of his administration.
The President stated this in a letter he wrote to the Ebekun Secondary Commercial Grammar School, Iresi, Osun State where he participated in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps scheme 31 years ago.
The letter, which he personally signed, was read on his behalf by the Chairman, Federal Road Maintenance Agency, Dr Jide Adeniji, during the 40th anniversary of the school, on Wednesday.
Jonathan recalled with nostalgia the period he served in the Osun community, saying Iresi remained his second home after Otuoke.
He charged Nigerian pupils to show commitment to their studies and take advantage of the improvement in the country’s education sector.
The letter partly read, “Our administration has institutionalised the needed framework that has enhanced qualitative education at different levels.
“Old students should always remember their schools and involve themselves in developing such schools and the students. I recall the hospitality of the people of Iresi during my service year.”
The National President of the school’s Old Students’ Association, Alhaji Ibrahim Morounfolu, said nine old students came together in 1997 to form the association.
He said the association had rehabilitated two classrooms, donated books worth N100, 000, computer printer and generating sets to the school.