Entering FEGO was the happiest thing
Coping with FEGO was the hardest thing
Most especially as a J.S 1 boy
Waking up by 5:30 every morning
Runining to the borehole immediately after classes
Feeling home-sick after every browbeat
Eating a meal what Yorubas call Pade mi ni igunpa
Every Saturday inspection was a hell for boys
Subsequent inspection was a time of reckoning for officials
Descending on the junior ones by officials was a Sunday affair
I know that one day
One day I shall leave FEGO
Was the junior boys’ slogan
Holidays should never come because I’m enjoying school
Was the senior ones’ prayer
Every valedictory was a crying day for boys
Because every chicksing up has ended
Every escapades has finished
Seniority terminated
Lambasting from masters wound up
Every extortion, closed
Monday and Friday assemblies have all come to an end
Every FEGO life has ended
In my last days I shall shout
Great FEGO I shall shout
FEGO has really comported me
Great FEGO! Great
Great FEGO!! Great
Great!!! Great FEGO
THE JARGON USED
The words that appear in italics are the slangs used in Federal Government College, Odogbolu Ogun State, Nigeria. These are their respective meaning:
FEGO- Federal Government College, Odogbolu Ogun State, Nigeria
J.S 1 boy- A fresh man admitted into the Nigeria Secondary school system
Pade mi ni igunpa- A very watery meal
Inspection- An official authoritative examination. In this case, it is done by the school authority to check the state of cleanliness in the dormitory.
Officials- A group of people students in their semi-final year selected to assist the school prefects. They later become the school prefects.
Junior- A person in the junior year in the Nigeria Secondary school system
Senior- A person in the senior year in the Nigeria Secondary school system
Chicksing up- Wooing girls
Masters- People in charge of each house in the dormitory
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