Osinbajo, Tai Solarin, Wife to receive Honours as Alumni celebrates Mayflower 70th anniversary
Former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, late Dr. Tai Solarin and his wife, Sheila tops the list of dignitaries to be honoured at the one-week long 70th Founder’s Day anniversary of the Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State.
The anniversary activities kicked off with
Jumat and church services on January 16 at Ikenne and will run till January 23,
2026.
Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, the
National President, Mayflower Old Students Association, MOSA - organisers of
the anniversary - Mr Wale Abdul said the school founded in May 1956 by late
Solarin and his wife, was established out of the desire of the couple to pursue
their dream of creating a liberal educational system and building a school that
will be distinct from other schools and be able to do things differently.
Abdul said while late Tai Solarin and Sheila
will be awarded with Posthumous Special Recognition and conferment of MOSA
highest award, Grand Commander of the Order of MOSA (GCOM), other past five
MOSA Presidents, former students and friends of the association will be awarded
with MOSA Merit Award (MMA) and Special Recognition award.
Appraising the Mayflower founders, the Alumni
National President expressed: “When Tai
Solarin in 1955 sat down and drafted the letter to the Ministry of Education,
asking for permission to open a new school at Ikenne, little did he and Sheila
know that the school would one day be one of the best school in the country, a
school that would produce engineers, doctors, accountants, bankers and
respected people in the society.”
He extolled their virtues and praised them for
making the school the envy of other schools, adding that celebrating the 70th
anniversary of the school is a way of honouring its founders.
The National President reeled out other activities
billed for the week-long event to include the sounding of the 70th anniversary
bell, which was rung for 70 times immediately after the briefing to signify the
years being celebrated.
Also, 70th anniversary branded notebooks were
distributed to all the students in the school numbering 2,700, while 1500
students in senior classes will be given three pieces of 60 leaves notebook and
the junior students will receive three pieces of 40 leaves notebooks.
According to him, other activities include
sporting events, presentation of prizes to students that excel in their
academics’ pursuit and exhibited high moral standards, commissioning of the
main school entrance ‘school emblem’ and the activities will wrap up with the
43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM).
From left: Vice President, Mayflower Old Student Association (MOSA), Dr Olajumoke Oyenuga; President MOSA, Mr Wale Abdul; Vice Chairman Planning Committee 70th Anniversary of the Mayflower School Ikenne, Odutayo Matuluko; Principal Mayflower Junior School Ikenne, Mr Oronti Adekunle; Principal Mayflower Senior School Ikenne, Mrs Onasanya Omolara and others, during a news conference, presentation of books and ringing of bell as part of activities to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Mayflower School Ikenne, in Ogun State on Monday.
One of the children of late Tai Solarin, Ms. Corin
Solarin, while speaking on behalf of the Solarin family described the school as
unique with its tradition. She applauded her father for establishing the school
and inculcating discipline, especially the introduction of skills learning for
students in the school before they finished school.
“Every school has its own traditions. We are a very unique school. During Tai Solarin’s time, before students left the school, they already learned a trade like wiring, plumbing, and how to run a poultry farm among others. Tai Solarin was ahead of other schools. An education that is just a paper without something practical to back up is useless. Mayflower has survived 70 years producing top professionals,” she said.
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