Old students remember Idi Aba

OLD students of schools have some special ways of remembering the significant roles their alma maters play in their life. While many chose financial aids, some prefer assisting in the upliftment of social infrastructures in their old schools. For old students of the Baptist Girls College, Idi Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, theirs is inclusive of physical development and show of gratitude to God and their alma mater.One of the old students, Mrs Oyeronke Alake Lawoyin, author of a 326-page book on the school, Idi Aba: Down Memory Lane, disclosed that the book would be launched at the Shepherd Hill Baptist Church Hall, Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos on October 4 by 11 am. She described the book project as a way of showing gratitude to the school that helped to mould and shape the future life of many students. She recalled that until the idea of publishing the book came, she always felt insufficient how to show gratitude both to God and her school.Lawoyin said proceeds from sales of the book would be used to build a modern library in the school. She said the initial thought of writing the history of Idi Aba as part of activities marking the school's one hundred years, later metamorphosed into the book, which chronicles some of the old students and teachers' testimonies about the school.She said, 'When the Idi Aba Old Students Association (IBOSA), was planning for the celebration of the school's one hundred years, I thought writing the history of the school should be part of the activities. After agreeing to the idea, I set a target of getting the book out before 2009 when the school would be 100 years old. But the challenge of collating contributions from old students slowed down the time for the publication of the book'.Lawoyin said the uniqueness of Idi Aba as a school is Jesus Christ, which is the message of truth that can transform a student into a child of God. This message, she said, is still alive in every old student of the school, adding that old students through their children still perpetrate the goodness of God.She, however, observed that there were still some problems, especially when government took over missionary schools in the country. She assured that there would be a revised edition in future that would cater for those who could not get their messages published in the current edition.
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