By Adeyemi Adeleye
The Aina Onimole (Oju Iyewa) Chieftaincy Family Foundation has unveiled plans to enhance group welfare by means of healthcare, environmental sanitation, schooling and youth improvement initiatives in Lagos.
Alhaji Hakeem Amode, Chairman of the Foundation, disclosed this at a information convention in Lagos on Saturday to announce preparations for the forthcoming Aina Onimole (Oju Iyewa) Chieftaincy Family Reunion.
Amode, who spoke by means of his Vice, Chief Dehinde Onimole, mentioned the inspiration was established to supply a platform for relations to contribute to group welfare and improvement whereas preserving their cultural heritage.
He mentioned the inspiration’s actions would deal with healthcare, schooling, environmental accountability, youth improvement, household welfare and cultural preservation by means of sensible and sustainable interventions.
“Our philosophy is simple: Our heritage should inspire service, and our family unity should translate into positive impact,” he mentioned.
Amode mentioned the reunion would convey relations, conventional representatives, distinguished company and well-wishers collectively to have a good time their heritage and strengthen their dedication to group improvement.
He mentioned the inspiration had deliberate a number of initiatives to make sure the reunion delivered tangible advantages to residents and native establishments.
Amode mentioned a free medical mission could be organised in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Health and Eko Club International to supply fundamental healthcare companies to group members.
He mentioned the medical outreach would happen on the Olorogun Adodo Family Palace owing to availability of enough area for the train.
The chairman additionally introduced that the inspiration would donate N1.5 million to buy medicine for the Isale Eko Health Centre to assist healthcare supply.
“In addition, the Foundation will be making a cash donation of N1.5m to purchase drugs and donate to the Isale Eko Health Centre as part of its contribution towards supporting healthcare delivery within the community,” he mentioned.
Amode mentioned the donation mirrored the inspiration’s dedication to assist current healthcare amenities past the reunion actions.
“We believe that supporting existing community health facilities is an important part of ensuring that our contribution continues beyond the reunion itself,” he mentioned.
He added that environmental sanitation was one other precedence, with the inspiration planning to collaborate with the Ministry of Health to advertise a cleaner and more healthy group.
According to him, the initiative will contain distributing refuse bins and cleansing gear to twenty conventional compounds, often called Iga, to enhance waste assortment and storage.
“We believe that good health is closely connected to a clean environment. Environmental responsibility must therefore be a collective effort involving residents, community leaders, institutions and organisations,” he mentioned.
On schooling and youth improvement, Amode mentioned the inspiration deliberate to assist six secondary faculties and 6 major faculties in Isale Eko.
He mentioned the initiative would come with supporting inter-house sports activities actions in collaborating faculties and designating a college sports activities home because the Aina Onimole (Oju Iyewa) House.
According to him, the inspiration will donate totally geared up first-aid bins and trophies to collaborating faculties whereas encouraging pupils to participate in sporting actions and tutorial competitions, together with spelling bees.
He mentioned the initiative was designed to advertise self-discipline, teamwork, sportsmanship, confidence and wholesome competitors amongst pupils.
“This initiative is more than the branding of a school house. It is an opportunity to introduce our family name to a younger generation in a positive way while encouraging discipline, teamwork, sportsmanship, confidence and healthy development,” he mentioned.
Amode mentioned the inspiration hoped the intervention would encourage younger individuals to understand the significance of service, group participation and accountability.
He added that the reunion would function actions selling household interplay, cultural consciousness, youth participation, recognition of members and group engagement.
The chairman mentioned the inspiration supposed to maintain its interventions past the reunion by constructing partnerships with authorities companies, group organisations, faculties and different stakeholders.
He recognized healthcare outreach, environmental sanitation, schooling, youth improvement, sports activities, group welfare, assist for native establishments and cultural preservation as the inspiration’s main areas of focus.
“The Aina Onimole (Oju Iyewa) Chieftaincy Family Reunion is an occasion to remember our past, celebrate our present and invest in our future,” he mentioned.
Earlier, Chief Elizabeth Mobolaji-Alabi, Head of the Aina Onimole (Oju-Iyewa) Chieftaincy Family of Lagos and Chairman, Board of Trustees, reaffirmed the household’s dedication to heritage preservation and group improvement.
Mobolaji-Alabi mentioned the event offered a possibility to honour the household’s ancestors and uphold the values of integrity, exhausting work, management, service and respect for custom.
She urged relations at residence and within the diaspora to stay united in preserving their heritage and constructing a long-lasting legacy for future generations.
“Let us look beyond our history and work together to empower our youths, promote excellence, and serve our community,” she mentioned.
Also talking, one other member of the household, Mr Kayode Adegboye mentioned that the inspiration was motivated by love, household unity and the necessity to protect the household’s heritage.
Adegboye mentioned that preserving cultural heritage was a collective accountability, noting that Nigerians must be equally dedicated to defending their traditions.
He mentioned that the household was pleased with its royal heritage in Lagos State and was dedicated to making sure that its historical past and traditions have been handed on to future generations,” he mentioned.(NAN)
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Edited by Buhari Bolaji
