A former student of Lagos State University (LASU), Adetimirin Yusuf Olamilekan, has built a Water Fountain on the main campus of the university in Ojo, in honour of President Bola Tinubu.
Adetimirin, who is a former president of the Language, Arts and Social Science Students’ Association(LASSESA) in a statement, on Thursday, explained that he built the fountain to beautify the university in honour of President Tinubu for two major educational programmes of his administration when he was the governor of the state between 1999 and 2007.
According to him, it was the Tinubu administration that introduced free payment of West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) fees for all the SS3 students in the state-owned schools and also a ‘One-Day Governor’ among secondary school students and that both policies are on till today.
He noted that the two programmes are really helping children from financially disadvantaged homes in the state.
Explaining the composition of the water fountain and what each stands for, Adetimirin said, “The fountain, which is located at the 3- in-1 Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Education, has four lions, which symbolise Tinubu’s courageous pedigree to bring together all the regions of the country.
“The two eagles signify his (Tinubu) strength and ability to confront and tackle challenges, while his bust having a hand pointed to his head symbolises his visionary thinking capability.
He said though, he had completed the project over a year ago and awaiting its official inauguration before he goes for his one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme, he would have loved that Tinubu personally perform the inauguration in due course.
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