Stardom is especially known for planning great excursions. Mr Bepo ensures that an excursion takes place every year so that the students have a good grasp of their country before they are sent abroad. The students visited places like the Ikogosi Warm Springs in Ekiti State, Erin Ijesha Waterfalls in Osun State and the Owu Waterfalls in Kwara which is the highest in West Africa, measuring 120 meters above water level and cascading 330 feet down an escarpment. The students also went down to the Gurara Falls in Niger State.
Stardom also plans to visit other waterfalls, like the Kwa Falls in Anegeje, Calabar, Aesop in Plateau, Karu in Nasarawa and Barup in Gembu, Taraba. Stardom had also visited the Yakari Games Reserve in Bauchi, the National War Museum in Umuahia, Abia, the Hanging Lake in Ado Awaye, Oyo State, the amazing Kano Palace and the Ooni of Ife Palace in Ile-Ife.
The students have also attended several festivals including the Calabar Carnival, Osun Osogbo Festival, Argungu Festival in Kebbi and the Ofala Festival in Onitsha. They also visited several sites in Lagos such as the National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, the National Museum, the MUSON Centre and City Mall, all in Onikanas well as so many other places. When the students visited areas like Mushin, Ajegunle and Ijora, they were filled with derision. But, Mr Bepo told them:
“If you are determined, committed to education, and make the best use of your talent, time will move you from slum to limelight. You will be surprised to learn that many of those you see on Banana Island started off in slums somewhere in the country. Life is about movement; it is ever ready to move upward folks who make the best use of their talents, money and opportunities.”
The Lekki Headmaster (pg. 46)
They also visited the Akran of Badagry who narrated the history of Badagry and slave trade the in the region to the students. One of the students asked the Akran if it was true that the name “Badagry” was derived from Agbadarigi. The monarch confirmed this to be true. They visited so many other monuments of the slave trade and missionary activities in Badagry. Mr Bepo was exceptionally moved by the memory of the ugly experience the slaves went through as he was at the Black Heritage Museum.
He especially drew out the irony in the fact that Africans themselves are now voluntarily moving into the workforce of those who seem to be their former masters all in a bid to “japa.” He saw this as a new slavery.
