Mr Chairman. Principal. Vice Principal. Distinguished members of staff. Organising Committee, Fellow students and Invited guests. Today is the day we have been looking forward to witness, and to God be the glory that there is no report of any misfortune on our parts since the preparation for this event started. Without any doubt, I believe everybody here is happy to be part of this glorious occasion.
Ladies and gentlemen, frankly speaking. if there is any other way we can elaborate and celebrate this event, I think it deserves more than this to honour our humble and dedicated house master, Mr Isaac Okafor.
I don't think I still need to announce what we are here for today. Rather, this achievement has marked the beginning of a new dawn in the life of our great school. What Mr Okafor had sown in the past is what has manifested in the history of our school today. I personally disagree with the saying that "The reward for teacher is in heaven" Honestly, these rewards are right here on earth, even right at individuals place of work.
Today we are celebrating the elevation of our school housemaster who is going to head another school in this same local government area. This has really come through hardwork, dedication and commitment to duties. As we have a lot of dedicated and hardworking teachers here in our school. we are expecting more of this kind of elevation for them.
Ladies and gentlemen. I could still remember when I was in the Junior classes, before Mr Okafor came to this school as our house master. The level of sporting activities was zero. But when he came and saw how everything looked like he devised a strategy to ensure that things changed for better.
During his time we were able to perform well whenever there were sporting activities within or outside the school. On many occasions. our school went on invitation to attend inter-house sporting events in neighbouring schools and we always came out on top. I give kudos to Mr Okafor who was the brain behind all these achievements.
Sir. my piece of advice is that as you have been made the head teacher of the school you are going to. please. always remember us because your advice and contribution to sporting activities would still be useful and make us retain our number one position. Besides. we want you to transfer that same philosophy that you used to make our sporting activities relevant to the school you are going to head even better than what we have witnessed here. This I believe could convince both teachers and students you would meet and they would realize that our school. whose name has been ringing bell for years truly deserves the honour.
Your co-operation with other teachers over there matters a lot in order to excel in the administrative work of the school As for that, we are confident that you would leave no stone unturned to do a perfect job. I am not trying to advise you on that as you are a veteran in the profession. Our concern is your ability to impart your bountiful experiences on the fellow teachers so that the school can also witness good transformation like ours.
Ladies and gentlemen. so many wonderful changes have come to this school as regards academic and social activities since the arrival of Mr Okafor. My prayer for him is that God would be with him to have full supports of other teachers. in order to run the school effectively. Again. I say congratulations on this great achievement.
My thanks to everyone who has sacrificed their precious time to grace this occasion to make it a huge success. I wish you all save journey back to your various destinations. May God bless you all.
Wale Adebayo,
House Prefect.