For the board of Saint Theresa’s College (STC) Old Students Association, it is a period to celebrate the life of their chairman, Sister Agnes Mary Hassan, a nun who spent her entire career in Saint Theresa, as a student, teacher, Vice Principal and Principal till her retirement.
Sister Agnes Hassan has a rich history of grooming thousands of girls who she set on the right path while she was in service.
Announcing the demise of Sister Agnes, who was described as a living saint and irreplaceable bouquet of lovely scented flowers, whose scent radiates around everyone around her; the Secretary of the STC Old Girls Association Board, Otunba Ranti Koiki, stated that Sister Agnes slept in the lord on May 22, 2024 at the age of 87 without disturbing anyone, as she had always promised.
Describing Sister Agnes, Otunba Koiki stated that: She is a life teacher and mother despite being a nun. She radiates so much love and groomed thousands of well behaved women. She is the best mentor anyone can have; spotless, worthy of emulation, never judgmental and always seeing the good in everyone. She never writes anyone off.
“She is quite irreplaceable as she is the buckle that bonds all of us together and had always worked to ensure that her girls remain united and are one. We can only put someone in her position, we can’t replace her. It is a colossal loss despite the fact that she was 87.
Sister Agnes was born of a father who is an English gentleman from Lincoln and high ranking official in the colonial era, Theopjilus Chandosa as well as a Nigerian mother. Fatima Ibrahim from Kano State she was raised in Lagos. She prided herself as being a Yoruba woman and never spoke English Language in her last years. She spent 10 years as chairman of the board within which she had many landmark achievements. she planted branches nationwide and spread to other countries including UK and USA, conducted the first national election of the Old Girls association and inaugurated the first national executive after which she orchestrated the incorporation of the association in 2014.
Under her watch, the association renovated 95 percent of the school; classrooms, laboratories, staff rooms and even put up a well equipped sick bay while it made arrangements for the maintenance of all the structures
According to Koiki, “Sister Agnes died a fulfilled Yoruba woman who stood out and stood tall among her peers. Her legacy lives on in all of us. There was always an aura of peace and love around her. She did so much for people especially the internally displaced persons and built a home for them in Niger. She has a passion for the less privileged especially widows and lived a minimalist life to cater for their needs. She was too generous and caring.
“She spoke the truth to power and in her days as principal, she was respected for standing her ground for what is right and against poor government educational policies. She was incorruptible and an extraordinary principal of all time,” she added.
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