I bring you hearty greetings from the living present of our alma mater - the place that had become (for all its alumni) a home away from home. The frenzy and fervour that greeted the celebration of our 71st Founders Day in 2003 are eloquent of the high esteem in which Christ's School is held by her alumni - to the eternal Glory of God. May the school continue to grow from strength to strength, not in name only, but in deed and in truth, in the might of He whose name we bear, Amen.

2. Please recall your discussion with me and the incidental telephone discussion with your Set President (Mr. Tade Aluko) at the Principal's Quarter this afternoon on the pressiung needs of the school.

3. We thank God for sending on our way a N50m E.T.F. assistance for the renovation of the ailing academic areas of the school. This spans:

• all the nine (9) classroom blocks
• the 3 Science Laboratories
• the Technical Workshop
• the Fine Art block
• the Library
• the Old Lecture theatre
• the Principal's Office
• the main drive

4. I am happy to report that despite the initial constraints, work on the rehabilitation/renovation on some of the buildings has reached an advance stage.

5. You will recall that at our 70th Annual Alumni Congress on Friday, 27th June 2003, it was unanimously decided to work towards the early return of Christ's School to its original owners i.e. the Church of Nigeria - Anglican Communion (CNAC) and for the Alumni Association to run and manage. The report of the Segun Ogunkua Committee set up for this purpose is before the National Executive Committee of the Association. This same Committee also visited the issue of a merger between Christ's School and Christ's Girls's School.

6. With the kind assistance of the Federal Government of Nigeria through the ETF Special Project, you will realise that the major area for Alumni assistance is domestic where a lot needs to be done in making our facilities equitable and presentable for this rejuvenated Christ's School of our dream.

7. Let me, however, priorise two of such pressing needs as follows:

• Bore-hole: Adequate supply of treated pipe-borne water to the school still remains elusive. Although we have two bore-holes- courtesy of two members of our Alumni Association - their output is grossly inadequate to service the school community. For us to have a proper hygenic water supply to the Kitchen and the Dining Hall, we need a bore hole close to the Kitchen and exclusively for the use of the Dining Hall.
• 18 Seater bus: For the past six years, Christ's School has no vehicle. To convey athletes, sportmen, footballers and the school's representatives to outside engagements had been most difficult. It is shameful that lesser schools in Ekiti and of course private schools (Nursery/Primary inclusive) can boast of school vans. We feel that at 71, this "shame" should be removed. Afterall "when the big rat is old, it feeds on the milk of its siblings".

8. May I salute your Set's courage at coming together and thinking of your alma mater as the cornerstone of your successes in life. This school made us. This school now needs us. We must pay back.

9. I wish you happy deliberations.