THE NOTICE THAT WAS SENT TO US BY OUR SISTER, AJAO ADEJOJU (CLASS OF 1987 - 1993) ABOUT MUMMY AKINWALES 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION HAS PROMPTED THIS WRITE UP... IT IS GOING TO BE TITLED COMLAGS OCTOGENARIANS.... YES, OUR SCHOOL TILL DATE HAS BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF STAFF OR FORMAL MEMBERS OF STAFF OR RETIRED MEMBERS OF STAFF WHO ARE EIGHTY AND EIGHTY PLUS YEARS.... THEY ARE BOTH WOMEN ONE USED TO BE A TEACHING STAFF WHILE THE OTHER A NON - TEACHING STAFF ONE WAS A CIVILIAN STAFF WHILE THE OTHER A MILITARY STAFF LET US START WITH THE OLDER OF THE DUO SHE IS A NON - NIGERIAN BY PARENTAGE BUT HAS NOW BECOME ONE SHE IS FROM ONE OF THE FRANCO-PHONE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES SHE WAS A FRENCH TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS SHE IS GENTLE, EASY GOING, FUNNY, JOVIAL AND HUMOROUS SHE USED TO BE A DISCIPLINARIAN SHE WAS A PARENT OF ONE OF US WHO SERVED AS A FIRST ALUMNUS (PRESIDENT - GENERAL) OF THE COMLAG ALUMNI BODY AT A POINT IN TIME. SHE WAS A GUARDIAN AND ROLE MODEL TO MANY SHE USED TO HAVE A MOTHERLY DISPOSITION TOWARDS HER COLLEAGUES AND THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE OF OBVIOUS REASONS SHE IS LOVING AND KIND HEARTHED SHE WAS IN COMLAG FROM THE EARLY DAYS TO CLOSE TO THE MILLENIUM ALL WHO STUDIED FRENCH AS A SUBJECT AT THE JUNIOR OR SENIOR LEVEL WILL NOT FORGET HER IN A HURRY ALL GIRLS OF THE GENERATION WHO SHE SERVED AS SENIOR BOARDERS HOUSE MISTRESS OVER AND HOUSES SHE WAS PRIVILEGED TO OCCUPY AS HOUSE MISTRESS FOR A SHORT TIME WHEN THE HOUSE MISTRESS MOVED OUT OF THE COMMAND STAFF QUARTERS ( AS ALL HOUSE MASTERS AND MISTRESSES AND SENIOR HOUSE MASTERS AND MISTRESSES) WERE TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE STAFF QUARTERS OR WHEN THEY WERE EITHER POSTED TO ANOTHER STATION TO GO AND SERVE OR EVEN LEFT FOR ELSEWHERE WILL ALSO REMEMBER HER VIVIDLY. THIS GREAT FRENCH TEACHER IS ACTUALLY EIGHTY YEARS PLUS AND RESIDES SOMEWHERE WITHIN LAGOS NIGERIA WHERE SHE NOW SERVES MAINLY AS A MOTHER, A MOTHER IN-LAW AND A GRAND MOTHER AMONGST OTHER CAPACITIES SHE HOLDS. IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN THAT SHE USED TO LEAD THE CATHOLIC PRAYERS ON THE ASSEMBLY GROUND WHENEVER THE CATHOLICS HAD TO TAKE THE DAILY PRAYERS WHICH WE RECITED PRAYERS LIKE HAIL MARY AND HOLY MARY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT CATHOLICS, LET US REMIND OURSELVES, ONE ANOTHER AND EACH OTHER ABOUT THE CATHOLIC HOLY ROSERY Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. IT IS IN THE MOOD WE HONOR ONE OF OUR GREAT TEACHERS WHO WAS A NEW BORN IN THE EARLY 1930s BUT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST SENIOR SENIOR CITIZEN OF COMLAG ONE TIME FRENCH TEACHER ONE TIME HEAD OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT MANY TIMES HOUSE MISTRESS ONE TIME SENIOR BOARDERN HOUSE MISTRESS GUARDIAN TO MANY COUNSELOR AND CONFIDANT TO MORE MOTHER AND MOTHER FIGURE AND MUCH MORE MADAM WILSON
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:28:42 +0000