St. John’s alumni illuminate host community

By : Barakat Akolade

Date: 11 August 2022 3:44am WAT

[FILES] Police officers barricade a road to search vehicles as counting of votes start at polling station during the gubernatorial election in Osogbo, Osun State in southwest Nigeria, on July 16, 2022. Election officials began counting ballots on July 16, 2022 after Nigeria's southwest Osun state went to the polls to elect a new governor in a final test for next year's presidential elections.

The old students of St. John’s Grammar School have restored electricity to seven settlements at Oke-Atan community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, as part of activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the school.

Chairman of the electricity committee of the community, Dr. Sharafadeen Akinyoye, who lamented how the community suffered to fix the three old transformers without success, said they were happy when the president of the alumni, Dr. Festus Oshoba, told them about the project.