Old Girls Association of Federal Government Girls College, Oyo, has lined up programmes and projects to give back to the school as it celebrates 50 years of existence.

Prof. Ayodele Atsenuwa, the Global President of the association, said this at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. The college was established in 1974 to foster national unity. Atsenuwa said it was important to give back to the school that shaped the lives of members of the association.

“Fifty years! From a modest first set of about 20 girls who arrived on that first day, FGGC Oyo has received more than 6,000 girls in 50 cohorts, nurturing them into young adults, who are well-equipped to take on the world because of the quality of education they received.

“Indeed, FGGC Oyo has continued with the tradition of excellence.

“Our alumnae (more popularly called Old Girls), can be found everywhere making their marks in various fields just as the current students are keeping up the legacy of excellence.

”In April 2024, our girls came tops as national champions in robotics challenge which qualified them to represent Nigeria in the United States of America,” she said. Atsenuwa highlighted some of the association’s recent projects in the college.

“The N44 million legacy projects will be commissioned at a special assembly being convened on Oct. 19,” she said.

She listed the projects to include installation of solar panels with the capacity to power 11 blocks of eight classrooms each, an administrative block and a library and the kitchen. She added that the projects included renovation and furnishing of a modern library, provision of solar-powered boreholes to serve five hostels and the kitchen.

She said the projects would be inaugurated by the Minister of State for Education, Alhaji Yusuf Tanko Sununu.

According to her, the three-day anniversary celebration, which would start on Oct. 18, would also feature a motorcade through Oyo Town.

She said that the rally would culminate in a visit to the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, where the association’s members would be expected to be received by the Basorun of Oyo. She said that a fund raiser and gala night would hold on Oct. 20,” she said.

Atsenuwa reiterated the association’s commitment to ensuring that the younger generation would continue to benefit from the institution.“Our mission is to ensure that the girls, who come after us, have it far better than we did in terms of quality education,”