It’s with great joy in my heart that I present this
few remarks on the occasion of the 10th
anniversary and reunion ceremony of CIANA, in
the city of the angels….called Los Angeles!!
Firstly, I want to thank the Almighty God for sparing our lives and bringing us thus far as an Association. I give kudos to the founding members of Ciana who worked tirelessly to birth this noble Association, from a conference call on February, 16th 2014, and now the Association has taken an enviable position amongst the league of Command Secondary Schools, especially the first four established in the year
1977.
From the first reunion in Maryland in 2014, to the reunion that celebrated her 5th year as an Association in Nashville, Tennessee, and to the first ever international meet in Edmonton, Canada and now the 10th anniversary here in Los Angeles, California. Ciana members have been most endearing, with exemplary and laudable characters, good leadership skills and sportsmanship. I tell you for a fact and free, that we can hold even political offices in Nigeria and overseas and do better than the crop of people there now.
My esteemed school mates, friends and invited guests, ours is a case of destined kids, keenly knitted together and now inseparable no matter the circumstance, majority of our spouses can attest to that fact.
I will not end this remark without a mention of one of us, who passed last year, precisely March 15th , 2023. Late Prince Olumide Arimoro was the 2nd Vice President to be produced by Ciana. May his gentle soul continue to rest in peace, Amen.
On a final note, let’s all work towards our mission and vision with good compassion, knowing that we don’t have to only organize alumni of CSSI in North America, but we must also promote the Welfare of her members.
We must remember to play our big brother role at salvaging, sustaining, promoting and protecting the image of our alma mater. Let us rebrand CIANA in our minds, hatch new ideas and project her to the larger populace through our newly launched website with a view to expanding our horizon.
We can do it, we will do it….each of us for all of
us!!I thank you all for allowing me to serve you.
God bless CIANA!
God bless CIOSA!!
God bless North America.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.