By Gbenga Sodeinde
No fewer than 2000 students in Ekiti State benefitted from the free Joint Admission and Matriculation Board ( JAMB) forms donated by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP ) Hon. Opeyemi Falegan.
Speaking at the ceremony held at his office in Ado-Ekiti ,Falegan said the gesture was to appreciate the efforts of the former governor Segun Oni who ,he noted, introduced the idea in Ekiti .
He said the effort would also go a long way in supporting the gubernatorial ambition of the former governor ahead of the 2022 Governorship poll in Ekiti
The PDP chieftain, who is son to late veteran politician and former chairman of Ado-Local Government, Chief Ojo Falegan ,however called on well to do members of the society to embrace the initiative.
“Engr. Segun Oni started free JAMB distribution to all students in Ekiti State some years back when he had not even contemplating of contesting for any position in the State. But he did it becasue of his passion and love for education and Ekiti People irrespective of political or religious backgrounds.
“It is therefore, imperative for the People especially well to do Individuals in the Society to emulate such good gesture started by Engr. Segun Oni by rising to the ocassion to assist the indigent but brilliant Students in the State. The development, will give some hopless People in the Society hope and act responsibly” Falegan said .
Hon. Falegan however charged the Beneficiaries who cut across the sixteen local government areas in the State irrespective of political and religious inclinations to reciprocate the gesture by being committed to their studies at all times.
The Philantropist assured the People of Ekiti State of the readiness of his foundation “Opeyemi David Falegan Foundation” ODF, to continue to put smiles on their faces through various empowernment programmes.