Rotary Club of Mushin Metro Donates N2.5m ICT Hub to OJSS

The principal, staff and students of Oduduwa Junior Secondary School (OJSS), Mushin Lagos, were full of praises as Rotary Club of Mushin Metropolitan commissioned ICT project worth about N2.3million in the school, during the week.

The Club’s star project for 2015/2016 Rotary year comprised of sets of computer, universal power supply (UPS) systems, internet modem, neatly networked in a newly renovated laboratory.

Speaking at the project commissioning, Rotarian Patrick Ikheloa, district governor-elect, 2016/2017 district year, described Mushin-Metro Chapter as distinct in the District due to the members who have been enthusiastic about building lasting legacies in the area.

Specifically, on the project Ikheloa, said, “I’m not surprised about the project because Rotary is out there to contribute towards the development of society, particularly by touching lives of the less privileged. For the Rotary Club of Mushin Metropolitan to have developed this it must have been well thought-out and I pray that the school authority will be able to make judicious use of the ICT facilities. All the same, we as Rotarians with over 2000 members in our district comprising Lagos and Ogun State; the donation made today is being replicated on other areas.

On the expected impact the project will have on the students, he said, “By his grace, the students of this school now have equal opportunity with their counterparts in the private schools to become ICT compliance before they leave the school. In other words, it is an opportunity to help some of them in such manner that while leaving the school they can adapt to studying Computer Science or related engineering courses at the tertiary level”.

Also, Rotarian Michael Umo, the chapter president, told Nigeria CommunicationsWeek that the project was part of his agenda while assuming the leadership, adding that children of the less privileged in the society must be taken care of to harness their potentials for even development.

Umo said, “We felt this is a computer age and a school of this nature, grooming students, and given that even Common Entrance Exams, WAEC, JAMB, post-UTME exams and the likes are ICT driven nowadays, so, this is the stage the students should be enabled to become computer literates too, so that when they get to that level it will be a normal tool in their hands.

The centre which is internet enabled, Umo said, “it was meant to significantly enhance the students’ research abilities starting from their secondary school level. We have subscribed for them for some period, after providing the modem. Each of the CPU contains WiFi cards, in such that they can easily connect to WiFi hotspots if needs arise; at the end, the goal is for enhanced teaching and learning. In Rotary, we believe in developmental projects that impact people’s living.  

Mrs. Eunice Akintoye, principal of the School who applauded Rotary Club of Mushin Metro for the project, highlighted that it will positively impact on the students’ computer literacy in the today’s ICT driven world.

The Principal said, “I am very excited about this project. I am newly posted here and for the first time the school will have such facility. Not only that, most of the students have not had contact with computers neither have they used it before. So of them are from poor background.

“For this project, the school has already engaged a computer instructor who will be teaching them in batches. I appreciate the Rotary Club of Mushin Metropolitan for this gesture and pray that they will do more to enhance teaching and learning in our school”.

The founder, Paul P. Harris, an attorney, wanted to create a professional group with the same friendly spirit he felt in the small towns of his youth.

On 23 February 1905, Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago.

This was the first Rotary club meeting. They decided to call the new club “Rotary” after the practice of rotating meeting locations.

The object of Rotary is to encourage & foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; high ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; the application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life and the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.