The
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of Loyola Jesuit College (LJC) in
Abuja yesterday held a N500m fundraising ceremony towards the
construction of a staff residence in the school.
The
housing project, named ‘60 Angels Memorial Staff Residence’ is to be
built in honour of the 60 LJC students who died in the December 10, 2005
Sosoliso Plane crash in Porthacourt, Rivers State.
The
event, which was held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, had in
attendance top government functionaries, philanthropists, parents, staff
and students of LJC.
In
his keynote speech, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop
Mathew Hassan Kukah, noted that there was a direct correlation between
the prevalence of air disasters in Nigeria and other forms of disasters
both in public and private lives. He attributed the persistence of
disasters to a culture of tolerance for incompetence and widespread
corruption.
Earlier
in her address, the college PTA chairman Mrs. Ochuko Momoh, stated that
the project was being undertaken in order to erect a real monument in
memory of the departed and to address the housing needs of teachers of
the college.
More pictures below:
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah giving his lecture
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah and some of the guests
Ochestra by the Metropolitan Group
A reflection by Kechi Okwuchi, one of two survivors of the Sosoliso crash and a Loyola Jesuit College student
More pictures by Kechi Okwuchi, the lone Loyola Jesuit College student survivor of the crash
R-L Mike Okwuchi father of Kechi, Mr Incent Anaforo another guest
Loyola Jesuit Students
Parents at the event
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