Old Students of the CMS Grammar School Lagos have celebrated teachers who taught diligently with the first-ever outstanding Teachers’ Award of the 80s. Among the beneficiaries of the meritorious award was Mr. YinkaSalard Akinterinwa, a Physics teacher who taught in the school between 1984 and 89.
This prestigious award was presented to Akinterinwa at the school’s 165th Founder’s Day Celebration which took place recently at the Naval Dockyard Reception Hall, Victoria Island, Lagos. The CMS Grammar School is the first secondary school in Nigeria as it was founded on the 6th of June 1859.
Col. Ademola Onasanya (rtd.) eulogized Mr. Yinkasalard Akinterinwa. He remembered that Akinterinwa taught Physics at the HSC level at a time when there was a dearth of Physics teachers.
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He said the award was presented to YinkaSalard Akinterinwa in recognition of his valuable contributions to the growth and development of CMS Grammar School Lagos”.
Receiving the award, Akinterinwa was full of appreciation for the Old Grammarians Society. He dedicated the award to the late Chief Olowu, the Principal he first worked with; the Old Grammarians Society for deeming him worthy of an Award after many years and lastly to one of his junior siblings, the late Oluseyi Akinterinwa, who was an old boy of CMS Grammar School.
YinkaSalard Akinterinwa, a distinguished alumnus of the University of Calabar with a B.Sc. degree in Physics in 1981 is indeed a man of many parts. He was the Students Union Director of Information (PRO) during his days at the university, founded the School’s Press Club, and played an active part in the Kegites Klub.
According to a reliable source, Akinterinwa coined the phrase Students Union Government during his days in student unionism. This coinage is being used across the length and breadth of the nation’s tertiary institutions till today.
