By Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti
According to a confirmed report reaching Heritage News in Ado Ekiti, the senator currently serving as the Senator representing Ekiti North district in the 10th National Assembly, Sen. Cyril Fasuyi has gifted the two best graduating students from Ekiti state, Oore-Ofe Ojo Lanre and Ojo Olabode Johnson sum of N250,000 cash as a way to encourage them.
Confirming the story, Senator Fasuyi said, “I felt proud of them, the two students from Ekiti state who performed outstandingly in their studies at their various universities.
“I think these outstanding performance should be encouraged, more so that they not only from Ekiti, they are from Ekiti North, where I am representing currently at the Senate.
“I am so proud of them that they did us proud in Ekiti, I am so proud of them that they are good examples for others to follow. So that is why is to necessary to show that we are proud of them.
“What I have just done in my own little way is that, immediately I heard it, I personally called them to congratulate them and then sent the token of #250,000 to them each.
” The money is secondary thing. The first thing is to encourage them so that other Ekiti sons and daughters can also see the good examples and emulate them, because education is paramount, education is the key to success, without education I will not be a Senator today and without Education His Excellency Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji will not be the Governor of Ekiti today.” He added.
Ojo Olabode Johnson
From Esun Ekiti, Ikole in Ekiti state is the Best Graduating Student with 5.00 CGPA at the University of Lagos (Unilag) in
MSc Metallurgy and Materials
Equally, Oore-Ofe Ojo-Lanre, is the Best Female Graduating Student from Dominion University in Oyo state.is from Usi Ekiti, Ekiti North Senatorial District
Oreofe Ojo-Lanre, was recently announced as the best female graduating student of the maiden graduating set of Dominion University, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway The 20-year-old Ojo-Lanre as a First-Class (Honors) Bachelor of Science graduate in Mass Communications with a 4.86 GPA .