Against the backyard of a massive decline in almost all things government related in our country, Nigeria, a group of individuals, namely, Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association (GCIOBA) asked themselves, “what can we do for our Alma mater, our beloved Government College Ibadan (GCI)?” Rather than joining the finger-pointing, fault-finding and government-bashing past-time that is the vogue, GCIOBA took it open themselves to identify a key area of need that successive governments have struggled with for a myriad of reasons and offered to cooperate with the government to find lasting solutions to the chronic problem of degradation in the academic output of GCI, when compared to the excellent standards the school was known for in its hay days, as a reference point for the general deplorable state of education in Oyo State in particular and in Nigeria as a whole.
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The 1989 Set of Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association will hold its 30th anniversary dinner and reunion between June 21 and 22 at the school ground in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin, has described a former Director of Total Plc, late Chief Sunny Jegede, as “a humble man, who impacted many lives”.