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Former students from the 1986 class at Methodist High School in Arigbajo, in Ogun State, want to raise 4 million naira to fund whiteboards, furniture and work at the school. The association set these priorities at a meeting in Lagos, Punch reports.

Former students from the 1986 class at Methodist High School in Arigbajo, in Nigeria’s Ogun State, have announced they will raise four million naira to fund work at their former school, according to Punch.

Gathered in Lagos for the 40th anniversary of their class, they identified installing ten four-by-seven-foot whiteboards and repairing pupils’ desks and chairs as priorities. The president of the alumni association, Gboyega Shokunbi, led the discussions, Punch reports.

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