As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a leading real estate agency in Kwara State, Quick Access Macro and Micro Limited, has presented cash awards to three distinguished secondary school students for their academic excellence.
The agency gave three best students of the St. Anthony Junior Secondary School, Ilorin a sum of N100,000 cash award each to the beneficiaries to encourage greater performance.
The students who bagged the cash awards were those who had excelled above others in Mathematics, Business Studies, and Basic Science Technology in the school.
Speaking with journalists at the event, the CEO of the Quick Access, Mr Yinka Bolatito Ojo, who was represented by the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mrs Adeola Bolanle Ojo, stressed the need for individuals and corporate organisations to complement government’s efforts at developing education system.
Ojo, who said that challenges in the nation’s education sector could not be addressed by the government alone, added that the solutions to them require collaborative efforts.
According to her, the company’s CEO had once benefited from a scholarship, which she said, enabled him to graduate from the university in 2002, adding that he was only trying to appreciate and reciprocate the gesture.
She said the society becomes a terrible place when children get it wrong from their elementary stage, emphasising that Quick Access is trying to lay a strong foundation for children to survive and excel in life.
She also said that the agency planned to extend the gesture to other institutions, adding that it is a project embarked upon to improve the lives of many.
Also speaking, the education secretary, Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state, Comrade Abdulrauf Asude, commended Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman for investing in education through the various programmes he had initiated.
He, therefore, called on private individuals to take a cue from Quick Access and sponsor the education of children who are financially challenged.
The principal of St. Anthony Secondary School, Mrs Olarewaju Comfort Tayo, appreciated Quick Access for choosing her school to enjoy the rare gesture, promising that she will continue to ensure that the students get the best education.
In his closing remarks, the company’s head of Site Management and Acquisition, expressed gratitude to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and his deputy, Kayode Alabi, for fostering a business-friendly environment in Kwara State.
