More Ikale students now have more opportunities for help in their educational pursuits, investigations by Ikale News has confirmed.

In the past twelve months, at least four of such foundations have been set up. They include the Hon. Jimi Odimayo Foundation, Olufemi Omolehinwa Foundation, B.A. Akinmosin Foundation and the Jimoh Ibrahim Educational Foundation.    

The oldest in the lot is Jimoh Ibrahim Educational Foundation, which the current senator representing Ondo South, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim established to mark his 30^th birth over 25 years ago. The Senator in a char with Ikale News said the Foundation is currently being reworked and would soon roll out its plans. While it lasted, for about seven years the Foundation gave not less than to 1,000 undergraduates of Ondo State origin.

Retired professor of public sector accounting, Eddy Omolehinwa set up the Olufemi Omolehinwa Foundation in honour of his late wife. The scholarship is exclusively for Ikale undergraduatesm one of who must be from Ilutitun where the late Olufemi Omolehinwa hailed from. The maiden scholarship will be awarded this academic session.

The Odimayo Foundation is also rolling scholarships but details have not been announced. However, the B.A. Akinmosin Foundation will give its maiden awards to “brilliant indigent students of Lubokun Comprehensive High School, Igbotako this December” according the executive director of the Foundation, Mr. Femi Akinmosin.

According to Akinmosin, the late veteran principal, Chief B.A. Akmmosin instituted the seed capital of the scholarship in his will, and enjoined well-meaning Ikale people to support his initiative to empower Ikale children through education.

Commenting on the development, grassroots journalist and scholar, Dr. Bolu John Folayan commended the initiatives.

“Nothing is too small to support education. I am a lecturer and I know what little funds can do in the life of a student. I call on more Ikales to set up more foundations. Education is very important. You never can tell what these kids would become tomorrow.” He stressed.

Dr. Folayan noted further: “Now that we have these foundations, what remains to be done is to support them. It touched me that Baba B.A. Akinmosin could save as much a million naira for this purpose. Let us donate. I see these foundation as planting seeds. We should not leave it alone for those who established them to fund. If you love Jimoh Ibrahim, donate to his foundation for help poor students. If it is Prof Eddy you like or the legendeary B.A., donate. Its called ‘crowd funding’ in PR. No matter how small your donation is, you are helping to build the society.”