Members of the National Association of Mass Communication Students (NAMACOS) in Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Ondo State have donated an 18-seater Toyota bus to the department of Mass Communication.
According to Mr Kehinde Ogunkorede, the president of the association, the bus was to support the department’s drive for improved service delivery which is the first in its kind.
"The Mass Communication Department is the first in the school to have a staff bus".
Ogunkorede said the bus was bought from students’ annual due.
The Rector of the Polytechnic Mr. I.B. Ologunagba, led other members of the management to the event where the bus was presented. He hailed the students for the gesture, saying the bus would help reduce transport stress among the department’s employees.
He said: “I am delighted this is happening in our time. This goes to show that students are partners in our drive to improve the welfare of the school members. We are proud of the legacy being left behind by Mass Communication students.”
Ologunagba charged other students’ associations to emulate the gesture, advising them to complement management’s effort in making the institution better.
The Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication Studies, Dr O.S. Ajumuda, promised that the management would maintain the cordial relationship between the school and various students’ bodies, saying the gesture was part friendly rapports with students.
During the presentation of the bus by the members of the association, Mrs Iyadunni the Head of Department (HOD) Mass Communication, said the bus cost the students N3 million. She said the association’s intervention would ease the department’s transport challenges.
She advised students to channel their energy and resources to activities that could promote peace and development.
Also, at the event was the former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication Studies, Mr. Foluso Alabi, who described the gesture as “a welcome development”.
He stressed that the country would be better if young people contributed their quota to the progress of their immediate environment.
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