Comprehensive High School Ilutitun Marks 50 Years With Week-Long Golden Jubilee Celebration

The Comprehensive High School, Ilutitun Old Students’ Association has announced a week-long programme to mark the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Comprehensive High School, Ilutitun, celebrating 50 remarkable years of academic excellence, character formation, leadership and service to humanity.

In a statement signed by the Golden Jubilee Publicity Committee of the Comprehensive High School, Ilutitun Old Students’ Association, its Chairman, Comrade Akinsuyi, said the occasion was a celebration of heritage, memories, achievements and renewed commitment to the future of the school. Akinsuyi noted that 50 years is not merely a milestone but a testimony to the enduring value of education and the collective efforts of generations of teachers, students, parents, old students and other stakeholders who have contributed to the growth of the institution.

Akinsuyi explained that the celebration, scheduled for September 28 to October 4, 2026, is designed not only to celebrate the remarkable journey of the school but also to reconnect old students, celebrate past and present stakeholders, honour deserving individuals and further contribute to the continued development of the institution.

The week-long programme features a series of activities, including environmental sanitation code named Operation Let the Forest Fall, a football match, tree and flower planting, a health talk, the CHS at 50 Lecture, and AI and Digital Training for Teachers. Other activities include an inter-school Quiz and Debate Competition, the Let’s See Ilutitun Again Rally, and the CHS Novelty Match appropriately titled The Old versus The New.

The celebration will also feature the Golden Jubilee Anniversary Celebration, the dedication for use of the newly built and fully furnished Legacy School Gate and the CHSIOSA Corper’s Lodge, awards, fundraising and luncheon, followed by the Golden Jubilee Dinner and Networking. The activities will be rounded off with a Thanksgiving Service on October 4 at the Cathedral of Ebenezer, Diocese on the Coast, Ilutitun-Osooro.

Akinsuyi, while corroborating the President of the alumni, High Chief Olusegun Netufo, urged old students, current students, staff, parents, traditional institutions, government representatives, community leaders, friends of the school and the entire Ilutitun community to identify with the historic celebration.

In the same vein, the Chairman and Co-Chairman of the anniversary fundraising and planning committee, Rev Dr Sunday Akingbelure and Dr Olorunyomi Akinboyo respectively, both urged CHSIOSA members and the general public to continuously assist the school by giving substantially to the school that made them.

Akinsuyi noted that as the Yoruba elders say, one tree cannot make a forest, adding that the Golden Jubilee presents another opportunity for all stakeholders to come together, reconnect with their roots and contribute to building a stronger future for the institution.

The association invited everyone to come home, reconnect, celebrate and support as the school marks five decades of learning, leadership and lasting memories, with the theme, Comprehensive High School, Ilutitun at 50, Celebrating the Past, Inspiring the Future. Only the best for us.