The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is expected in
Ile-Ife on Tuesday 17th October 2017 as the Special Guest of Honour at a
leadership symposium in honour of the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Ooni
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II who will be marking his 43rd birthday with
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the
State of Osun as the Host Governor.
According to a press statement on Saturday by Director of
Media, Ooni’s Palace, Comrade Moses Olafare who spoke on behalf of the planning
committee, the Ooni Annual International Leadership Symposium is designed to
hold annually in commemoration of the Ooni’s birthday with view to providing
the youths and other beneficiaries of his numerous empowerment schemes to
showcase their success stories.
“Baba Ooni believes very strongly that celebration of the
birthdays of people in leadership authorities must always be in recognition of
their impactfulness. That’s why he decided this event as platform for success
stories especially by the beneficiaries of his various categories of
empowerment programs most whom are youths”. “Kabiyesi has designed this
symposium to be annually held where great leaders who have made impacts in the
society will motivationally be interacting with the people who look up to them”
“Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Governor Ambode, Mr
Femi Falana, Sultan of Sokoto, Ethiopian Ambassador to Nigeria, the Vice
Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, the gentleman from South Africa, Mr
Sipho Mseleku of Shakhumnotho Group and other great leaders expected at this
maiden edition are role models the youths always look up to”.
Moses Olafare said. The statement which reads in parts
mentioned the legal luminary and human rights activist, Chief Femi Falana as
the Lead Speaker while Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos, the Ethiopian
Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb.(Mrs)Samia Zekaria Gutu and Mr Sipho Mseleku from
South Africa as guest speakers, while the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo
University, Professor Eyitope Ogunmodede is a Co-Host. It will be recalled that
Ooni Ogunwusi had two years ago dedicated his reign to the African youths
during his coronation as the 51st Ooni of Ife. He has since embarked on and
executed various projects that are of immense impacts on the masses and youths
in particular.
Comrade Olafare in
the statement also confirmed the arrival of ex Super Eagle players like Peter
Rufai, Ike Sorounmu, Garba Lawal, Mutiu Adepoju, Taribo West, Ifeanyi Udese,
Waheed Akanni, Gbenga Okunnowo, Oladimeji Lawal and others at Ile-Ife received
on behalf of the Arole Oodua by the national team’s former coach who is a
prominent indigene of Ifeland and Balogun of Modakeke, Highchief Festus Onigbinde
for the novelty match to be played 3pm on Saturday at the sport complex of
Obafemi Awolowo University organized by
House of Oduduwa Foundation in honour of the African foremost monarch who is
the Spiritual leader of the Yoruba race worldwide.
This year’s edition of Ooni Annual Leadership Symposium is
themed “TAKING NIGERIAN AND AFRICA TO GREATER HEIGHTS, The place of the youth ‘’’
scheduled at Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University by 11am.
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