- The minister of communication, Adebayo Shittu, has received an outstanding award in Oyo state
- Shittu received the award in recognition of his sterling achievements in public service
- He said his alma-mata, Baptist High School, Saki in Oyo state, laid a solid foundation for whatever he has achieved in life
The minister of communication, Adebayo Shittu, has been presented with a distinguished alumnus award by the old students' association of his alma-mata, Baptist High School, Saki in Oyo state.
In a statement sent to NAIJ.com, the minister's director of media and publicity, Amuda Mosigbodi Plato, said the award was presented to Shittu at the weekend in recognition of his sterling achievements in public service and his outstanding contributions to the development of the school.
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He said the award was part of a week-long event marking the 60th anniversary of the school.
The minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu, after he received a distinguished award from his alma-mata, Baptist High School, Saki in Oyo state.
According to him, while reading the minister's citation at the event, he was identified as the first alumnus of the school to become minister of the federal republic of Nigeria and will hopefully be the first to be elected governor of Oyo state.
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While receiving the award at the event which held at the school premises in Saki, Adebayo Shittu stated that Baptist High School, Saki, laid a solid foundation for whatever he has achieved in life.
The minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu, after he received a distinguished award from his alma-mata, Baptist High School, Saki in Oyo state.
The minister aide said the ceremony also witnessed the launching of a book in honour of the minister's former principal, Deacon Ogundiran, whom the minister described as the one responsible for ensuring he furthered his secondary school education when he nearly dropped out of school upon his family's return from Ghana.
The minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu, after he received a distinguished award from his alma-mata, Baptist High School, Saki in Oyo state.
After launching his former principal's book with a huge sum, the minister then donated a bus and a substantial amount of money to the school.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that Nigeria's minister of communications and the main leader of the President Muhammadu Buhari's re-election in the southwest, Adebayo Shittu, on Monday, January 29, came down hard on former president Olusegun Obasanjo over his letter to the president.
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Source: Naija.ng