A five member delegation
from the St. Leo’s College,
Abeokuta Old Student’s As-
sociation met with the Bish-
op of the Catholic Diocese of Abeo-
kuta, Most Revd. (Dr.) Peter Kayode
Odetoyinbo, recently at the Bishop’s
Court, Orikoko Abeokuta to formal-
ly hand over the administration and
management of the Late Patrick Ade-
morin Adeyemi Education Trust Fund
to the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta.
The association in 1995 had mooted
the idea of immortalizing Patrick Ad-
eyemi through an education trust fund
with an initial investment of the sum of
N400,000.00 for the award of scholar-
ships to deserving students of the col-
lege annually.
However, the scholarship scheme did
not take off until 1997/1998 session
with five students from the St. Leo’s
College, Abeokuta worth N3,000.00
per student.
Between 1997/1998 and 2017/2018
the scholarship scheme rose steadily
to accommodate eight students per
session worth N10,000.00 per student
with the fund standing at N1.3Million.
With increased participation and
interest from Old Students to date,
the Patrick Adeyemi Education Trust
Fund now stands at N2.2miliion.
Late Patrick Ademorin Adeyemi was
a foremost Old Student of St. Leo’s
Teacher Training College, Abeokuta.
He mobilized the Old Students wher-
ever they were when the association
was in disarray to resuscitate it using
all the talents at his disposal. He died
on March 5th, 1993. Until his death,
Late Patrick Adeyemi was a fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of England and Wales, Fellow, Char-
tered Accountants of Nigeria, Asso-
ciate Member Institute of Chartered
Secretaries of England and Institute of
Taxation of England, Wales and Nige-
ria.
On the religious front, Late Patrick
Adeyemi belonged to many societies
such as Serran Club, Confraternity of
the Most Holy Rosary and the Associ-
ation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
