AGH, AMACOS 94/99 Alumni Associate to Increase Studying With Photo voltaic-Powered Library in Abeokuta North

 …hand over facility to Abeokuta North Native Govt

A brand new chapter in community-driven schooling assist was opened on Friday, February 6, 2026, in Abeokuta North Native Authorities Space with the inauguration and handover of a solar-powered Mini Neighborhood Library, delivered by means of a strategic partnership between After God’s Coronary heart Included (AGH) and the Affiliation of Mass Communication College students (AMACOS), Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Alumni, Class of 1994–1999.

The power was formally handed over to the Abeokuta North Native Authorities on the Baptist Major School, Ita Iyalode, Abeokuta, to serve college students and residents of the neighborhood, reinforcing the position of collaboration between civil society organisations, alumni teams, and authorities in advancing entry to high quality schooling.

Talking on the occasion, President of AMACOS 94/99 Alumni Group, Mr. Moruff Adenekan, described the undertaking as a product of shared imaginative and prescient, compassion, and purposeful collaboration. He mentioned the initiative was impressed by AGH’s perception that sustainable societal transformation begins with entry to data.

In accordance with him, the Founding father of AGH, Dr. David Olawale, had persistently emphasised the significance of schooling as a catalyst for long-term improvement.

“If we really need to change society, we should first give kids entry to data—as a result of schooling is the seed from which each and every lasting transformation grows,” Adenekan recalled.

Reiterating Dr. Olawale’s phrases: “After we put money into schooling, we aren’t serving to folks for a second—we’re shaping futures for generations,” the AMACOS 94/99 Alumni Group famous that AGH’s intervention was motivated by considerations over declining tutorial efficiency and the absence of useful, accessible libraries for college students.

Reasonably than providing sympathy, Adenekan mentioned AGH supplied construction, assets, and hope by partnering with AMACOS 94/99 Alumni Group to create a studying surroundings designed to revive confidence, self-discipline, and aspiration amongst younger folks.

Past books, the Mini Neighborhood Library was designed to assist uninterrupted studying, as it’s solar-powered and stocked with supplies masking Science, Arts, and Business topics, concentrating on college students at important phases of their tutorial journey. Adenekan quoted Dr. Olawale, whose NGO relies in Indiana, United States, as saying, “Expertise is in all places, however alternative isn’t -and it’s our responsibility to shut that hole.”

Talking additional, he defined that the undertaking was delivered with deliberate native affect, as youths inside the native authorities have been engaged, furnishings and all the things used within the Library have been produced and bought inside Abeokuta North Native Authorities, thus small merchants benefited from procurement. This, he mentioned, mirrored AGH’s philosophy of empowering folks whereas fixing issues—a price shared by AMACOS 94/99 Alumni Group.

In additional demonstration of its dedication to schooling, the AMACOS 94/99 Alumni Group introduced extra interventions on the occasion as Adenekan disclosed that the affiliation had mobilised 70 Unity Colleges Widespread Entrance examination varieties for indigent pupils in Abeokuta North Native Authorities to encourage tutorial excellence.

He additionally revealed plans to work with related organisations and people to organise a two-month WAEC and JAMB extra-tutorial programme between March and Could 2026, aimed toward enhancing college students’ efficiency forward of exterior examinations.

Describing the library undertaking as a legacy initiative of the AMACOS 94/99 Set, guided by the assumption that “We Are Higher Collectively,” Adenekan famous that the presence of an AMACOS 94/99 Alumnus as Chairman of Abeokuta North additional strengthened the resolve to assist a significant schooling undertaking inside the native authorities.

Whereas receiving the ability, the Chairman of Abeokuta North Native Authorities, Hon. Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo, expressed appreciation to AGH and AMACOS 94/99 for the initiative, describing the library as a welcome improvement for the realm. He appealed for continued assist, noting that the native authorities has over 20,000 pupils throughout greater than 86 public major colleges.

He additionally highlighted the significance of collaboration between civil society organisations, alumni associations, and the federal government in addressing schooling challenges.

As the ability was formally handed over, each AGH and AMACOS 94/99  expressed confidence that the library could be protected, correctly managed, and absolutely utilised. Adenekan mentioned it’s anticipated to function a refuge for diligent college students, a launchpad for educational excellence, and an emblem of what purposeful collaboration can obtain.