Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, is to
lead other eminent Nigerians, such as Governors Rauf Aregbesola and Akinwunmi
Ambode of Osun and Lagos states as well as the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad
Abubakar III, to the leadership symposium in honour of the Ooni of Ife, Oba
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi at Ile-Ife, Osun State tomorrow.
Oba Ogunwusi is marking his 43rd
birthday, while according to a statement by the Director of Media, Ooni’s
Palace, Comrade Moses Olafare who spoke on behalf of the planning committee,
the Ooni Annual International Leadership Symposium is to mark the Ooni’s
birthday and provide the youths and other beneficiaries of his numerous
empowerment schemes to showcase their success stories.
He said “Baba Ooni believes very
strongly that celebration of the birthdays of people in leadership positions
must always be in recognition of their impact. That is why he decided this
event as a platform for success stories, especially by the beneficiaries of his
various categories of empowerment programmes, most whom, are youths,”.
“Kabiyesi has designed this symposium
to be held yearly 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 Akinwunmi Ambode, Mr. Femi Falana,
the Sultan of Sokoto, the Ethiopian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs. Samia Zekaria
Gutu, Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Eyitope
Ogunmodede, South Africa’s entrepreneur, Sipho Mseleku of Shakhumnotho Group
and other great leaders expected at this maiden edition are role models the
youths always look up to.”
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