The Chairman of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mrs Ronke Sokefun has donated a state of the art Information Communication Technology (ICT) centre to Comprehensive High School, Ayetoro, a community in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
She graduated from the Comprehensive High School, Ayetoro, over 30 years ago.
The centre which will be used for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in the area, boasts of 200 computer systems, two back up power supply, generating set and CCTV cameras.
Speaking at the inauguration, Sokefun said the centre would ease the bottleneck associated with students’ writing of JAMB examinations in the area.
She said students in the area over the years travelled as far as Ibadan and Lagos in their quest to write JAMB examinations.
Sokefun who variously served as Commissioner for Agriculture, and later posted to Urban and Regional Planning, said she had nursed the lofty idea of donating a world class facility to the school.
She noted that the internet enabled centre would enhance seamless examination for students and aid digital learning.
The NDIC Chairman also disclosed that the body had committed over N1 billion into community development projects across the country.
According to her, the NDIC has facilitated over 100 community development projects in different parts of the state as parts of the corporation’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.
In his remarks, Governor Dapo Abiodun said the donation was in line with adopt a school or give back to the schools as business of education is the business of all.
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