The Queen College Old Girls Association has pledged to raise more than N250 million to tackle the infrastructural challenges facing the 97-year-old school.

The association made the pledge at a dinner organised in honour of Mrs Modupe Ladipo, an old girl, who was appointed the Principal of the school in June.

The  Coordinator of the event, Mrs Amina Gidado, in an interview with newsmen in Lagos, said that the intervention of the alumni had become necessary.

“Our target is to raise at least N250 million in six months. Most of the school’s infrastructure had gone down over the years and government cannot do everything.

That is why we seek to carry out a major transformation of the school which played a major role in laying the foundation upon which we thrive today,” Gidado said.

She said that the Principal had been asked to submit a list of priority projects.

“We are very ready to give the principal total support in order to bring the school back to its prime position as the country’s foremost all-girls school.

The president of the association, Mrs Ore-Oluwa Odunuga, said that the coming on board of an old girl as the principal was long overdue, adding that it was one of the best things to have ever happened to the school in a long time.

“My joy is that collectively, we will now do all we can to ensure that our Alma Mater is once again taken to its prime position as the number one all-girls college in the country.”

Meanwhile, the principal said that she was humbled by the support she was getting from the association, adding that she would do everything to justify the confidence reposed in her.

Ladipo said that one of her major challenges at the moment was that of inadequate classrooms.