Infrastructure

By Funmi Ojo

Nigerians have been urged to take proactive measures to develop their community.

The Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Olayinka Fasuyi made the call in Osogbo at a programme, organised by the League of Veteran Journalists, “The Frontliners”, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Press Centre, Iwo Road, Osun State.

Chief Fasuyi pointed out that the government cannot provide all the infrastructure needed, therefore, the a need for every indigene and non-indigene in a community to work together to develop their community.

He noted that the government continued to depend on World Bank loans and other funds to do developmental projects which were later abandoned after a few years, without sustainable plans.

Chief Fasuyi explained that the Ijesa Development Fund was set up for all Ijesa sons and daughters in the six Local Government Areas of Ijesaland to contribute a sum of money every year towards the developmental projects in the area.

He said if all communities could do the same, it would fast-track development in every part of Osun State and Nigeria.

In a remark, the Chairman of the occasion, Mr Wale Idowu described the Asiwaju of Ijesaland as a real son of Ijesaland who contributed and facilitated developmental projects in Ijesa.

Earlier, the Acting Chairman of the League of Veteran Journalists, Mr Adeyeye Oyedokun had stressed that everyone has a role to play in the development of Nigeria through contributing to the development of their communities.

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Lifestyle

The legend of Otunba Olatunbosun Abe popularly known as ‘Hinpele O’ will linger for a long time in the history of Ijesaland because of the way he projected the dialect and promoted the unity of the land on the radio.

The provost of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Diocese of Ilesa South, Cathedral Church of Holy Trinity, Omofe, Ilesa, Very Reverend Enitan Olajide stated this at the funeral service of the veteran presenter at the Cathedral.

Very reverend Olajide said Otunba Olatunbosun Abe was not just a freelancer but a public commentator who promoted cultural and moral values, as well as, unity among the people of Ijesaland through his dialectical program, ‘Hinpele o’.

Challenging the people in attendance to make a positive impact on their immediate and remote environments through their God-given talents, the provost remarked that the vacuum created by his death in the broadcast industry would be difficult to fill.

Very Reverend Olajide also emphasized that death was not a respecter of Fame, wealth or nobility, hence everybody should prepare for the inevitability.

Speaking on the person of his father, the first child, Funso Olatunbosun eulogized Hinpele o, saying he was an example of a good and industrious father who never coveted what belonged to others.

Also speaking the immediate younger brother to the late iconic broadcaster, Mr Kunle Olatunbosun described his brother as a frank talker who never pretended at all, but would rather say things the way they appeared to him.

The funeral service had in attendance media guru including the former Director-General of Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, Mr Wale Idowu, General Manager, Uniq FM, Otunba Jare Ayo Martins, Marketing Manager, Gold Fm, Mrs Kemi Oni and a host of others.

Isaac Haastrup

Environment

A Don, Professor Olu Odeyemi has called on the government to check the activities of illegal miners in Ijesaland.

Professor Odeyemi made the call while speaking with Radio Nigeria in Ilesa.

He said there should be training for miners by the government and ensure that permits are not given to quacks.

Professor Odeyemi who lamented the rate of destruction their activities have caused in the land said that there should be ways to compensate those affected.

He decried the influx of strangers in Ijesaland, saying this if not check, could increase crime in the state.


Temitope Adufe