The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, alongside the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; and the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, among others, are expected to honour the late former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, at his posthumous birthday on Saturday, 16 December 2023.
Ajimobi died on Thursday, 25 June 2020, from COVID-19 complications at a private hospital in Lagos State.
Other dignitaries expected include Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin; Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu; Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola; a former Osun State governor and a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bisi Akande, and a host of others.
The event, tagged 6th Annual Senator Abiola Ajimobi Roundtable and 74th posthumous birthday, will be held at the Abiola Ajimobi Resource Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.
Speaking on behalf of the Senator Abiola Ajimobi Foundation and the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan, Bolaji Tunji said the theme of this year’s lecture was agreed upon by the different stakeholders in view of the situation in the country.
He said a lecture, titled, ‘Re-engineering Nigeria for Sustainable Development: Options, Costs and Prospects’, will be delivered by a former Dean, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Albert.
Tunji said, “In line with the objectives of SAAF, to build a peaceful society by teaching attitudes, skills, and behaviours required for living peacefully with oneself and others, it is important to look at various factors militating against this. We need to know what ails our society, and what makes a country with vast human and natural potential continue to struggle to live up to the level expected of it.
“Countries that do not have half of Nigeria’s level of natural and human potential have advanced beyond Nigeria; we need to chart new paths of development after identifying obstacles to Nigeria’s advancement beyond the present level”.
