The
federation of Oyo State Students Union (FOSSU) National Council and the local
chapter of the union at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso
have explained why they held a posthumous honorary award and distinguished
personality lecture in honor of the former premier of the defunct western
region late Samuel Ladoke Akintola.
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| Ambassador YOMI AKINTOLA receiving the award from the duo of Adeyemi and Oladele |
FOSSU
national vice president Abdullahi Adeyemi and FOSSU LAUTECH chapter president Ibrahim
Oladele in chart with our correspondent said the program tagged "conferment of posthumous award and distinguished personality
lecture in honor of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola" was to recognize the great work and the good
deeds of Akintola and to celebrate the late legacies of the premier as a youth
and a role model to the youths in defending the unity of the nation.
The
students
also proposed the commencement of S.L. Akintola distingused and
personality lecture
/ award where martyrs and distinguished personalities who have excelled
in
their various fields would be honored. They said they will ensure the
execution of the project as from next year to awake youths to their
duties in ensuring full participation in anticipating for better
Nigeria.
Abdullahi
said it is very disheartening that since the establishment of LAUTECH there have
never organized events to celebrate the great work of the martyr in the history
of Nigeria politics. He said the need to celebrate him prompted the national
body of the union and the institution’s chapter to organize the event that took
place at M.K.O. Abiola lecture theatre on the Thursday 27th September
this year.
The
event which had the attendance of one of the sons of the late premier Ambassador
Yomi Akintola who received the posthumous award on behalf of the other members of
the family also had the attendance of acting vice chancellor of the university Prof.
Sulaimon Gbadegesin, Senator Ayo Adeseun representing Oyo central in the
senate, chairmen of Ogbomoso South and Surulere local government areas Hon. Olanrewaju
Oladeji and Hon. Ibrahim Gbadeniyi and Prof. O.B.C. Nwolise.
Nwolise who is the head of department of political science university of Ibadan delivered
a lecture on “POLITICS AND GOOD
GOVERNANCE IN TEMPORARY NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF THE YOUTHS IN ENSURING GOOD
GOVERNANCE. The guest speaker listed among others the roles of the Nigerian
youths to include ; public education, enlightenment and mobilization , campaigns ,
constructive criticisms , excursion and visits campaigns and vote for good
people in government , refuse and expose blood money and tacking positions on various issues as they affect them and the
society.
Responding on behalf of the family while
receiving the award ambassador Yomi Akintola a former mister said he is proud
of the students to deem it feet to
honored his late father. He equally promised to support them to actualize the
yearly S.L. Akintola posthumous awards of excellence by the students which will
commences next year as proposed by the students.
S.L. Akintola ,
an astute politician a lawyer , teacher
and an orator was born on July 6th 1910 in Ogbomoso and died on January
15th 1966 during the first military coup. He was the 13th
Aare Onankakanfo of Yorubaland. It was during his tenure as premier of the
defunct western region that the university of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University
(OAU) was opened in 1962. The defunct sketch press and western Nigeria marketing
board (WEMABOD) were also established during his tenure in 1963.
