Entry Class of 1967 marks Golden Jubilee, donates to UGC

Fifty years after gaining admission into one of Nigeria’s earliest secondary schools, Government College Ughelli (GCU), Delta State, members of the Entry Class of 1967 converged on the school to mark the Golden Jubilee anniversary.

The grand event presented many of the members the opportunity of revisiting their alma mater 45 years after, as well as contribute to its development.

They gathered in their alma mater in good numbers to relive their nostalgic past and give something back to the school that laid a firm foundation for their subsequent success in life and careers.

The Golden Jubilee anniversary coincided with the school’s 71st Founder’s Day celebrations.

During the plenary session of old boys association, the global class project coordinator for entry class 1967, Lee Foss, who is an accomplished UK-v scientist and inventor  presented a 50-page commemorative publication, ‘Lads of 1967’ to mark the golden jubilee of their entry into the school,

Afterwards, the National Class Coordinator, Victor Eromosele, presented a unique, Class Golden Jubilee plague to the school’s principal – for permanent custody in the Powell Archives.

The group also donated to the Powell Reference Library four desktop computers and 50 symbolic reference books.

UK friends of members of the class donated seven chess boards to help start a chess club. A member of the class also donated two lawn tennis racquets to be contested for and won by the school’s two best players.

In his remarks, The worldwide president-general of GCU, Prof Ogbemi Omatete described the Class of 1967 as a class of many quiet achievers.

He noted that the class has produced an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, two naval rear-admirals, a top-notch UK-based inventor, a veteran radio broadcaster, world-class surgeons and medical practitioners, two university professors, top petroleum industry executives, top media practitioners and numerous business entrepreneurs.

He urged subsequent classes marking their golden jubilees to “emulate the excellent give-back spirit of the Class of 1967 as they energize their bond with the school that made them.”