Alumni Associations are Vital to Schools – Rev. Dahunsi

Alumni associations have a vital role to play in the drive for quality education in the country.

President of the Association, who is also the Deputy Director, Programmes FRCN Ibadan, The Reverend Niyi Dahunsi, made the assertion at a medical outreach organized by the 89th Set of the alumni association of Saint Patrick College, Ibadan.

The Reverend Dahunsi explained that the outreach by the 89^th Set was borne out of the need to give back to the school that produced them  

The principal of the school, Mr Ogunsola Akinkunmi while appreciating the 89th alumni set, implored the old students not to forget their Alma Mata.  

In a lecture on proper care of the teeth, a medical doctor in the Department of Child Oral Health, University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Olubukola Bamidele, advised people to use chloride-based toothpaste in brushing their teeth to enhance oral hygiene.

Dr Bamidele explained that teeth brushing should start from the gum to the edge of each tooth, and not vertically.

The event also featured lecture on general well-being

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