Bovi Ugboma, a comedian and actor, has given an explanation for why he renovated his alma mater, the University of Benin Staff School in Edo State.
Bovi claimed in a lengthy post on his Instagram page on Tuesday that he had always given the primary school credit for his current successes.
He added that he was moved to renovate the 20-classroom block, two staff rooms, and one library after becoming very saddened by the state of the facilities.
Bovi wrote, “Those who know me well know how I have always given credit to my primary school for what I have become. I consider my foundational path fortunate because I had the best teachers on my route from kindergarten to primary 5. They were so good that I remember all of them by name to this day.
“It was a prestigious institution sitting on a hectare of land. That’s triple the size of many learning institutions today. It was a school with international standards that only a few private schools can boast of today.
“So you can imagine my sadness when I visited the institution and saw the degenerative state of the facilities. I broke inside. Hence I spent the last three months painstakingly seeing the renovation of the 20 classroom block, 2 staff rooms and 1 library. In this building, I spent my final years (primaries 4 and 5).”
Bovi thanked Philip Shuaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State, in another post for “squeezing the commissioning into his busy schedule. He only heard of this 12 hours prior to it’s opening and promised to be there.”
He also expressed his gratitude for the contributions made by Professor Lilian Salami, vice chancellor of UNIBEN, and his fellow comedians I Go Die and I Go Save.