The Students' Union of Obafemi Awolowo University has joined several other Nigerians and bodies to felicitate with the new Ooni of Ife who had his official coronation today where he received the Staff of Office.
In a congratulatory message co-signed by the OAU Students' Union President and Public Relations Officer, Omotayo Akande and Ojedokun Emmanuel respectively, the Union even in the face of oppression and struggle for liberation deem it fit to rejoice with the new Ooni.
"The students Union, Obafemi Awolowo University, even in the face of the recent oppression and struggle for liberation and better living conditions deem it fit to congratulate and join the yoruba race, the entire Republic of Nigeria in felicitating with the Giesi Ruling family and the Ogunwusi royal compound on the coronation and official installation of Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, as the New Ooni of Ife, the cradle of civilization.
"At this period, it is incumbent upon us to state that it is a rare blessing that our generation witness your Coronation. It is with profound joy that we express our optimism that your time as the leader of the Yoruba race will indeed translate into period of infrastructural ,Social, Political and Economic Eldorado.
"Our encounter with your Imperial Majesty in the last few days have not just rebuilt the trust of the Great Ife society in royal fathers but also further assert the realization of synergetic relationship between the community and the ivory tower.
The Students' Union however solicited the intervention of the King on the current state of things in the University especially the students' welfare.
"The Students' Union currently under the campaign for better welfare condition and other salient demands from the University administration which are necessary ingredient for better learning condition uses this medium to solicit your supreme and unconditional intervention. We likewise use this medium to appreciate your financial donation.The pictures of structures that disgust and shows raw decay are not figment of imagination or product of photoshop per excellence but a staunch reality of unshovable fact."
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