ODA honours founders, inducts new members

The Osun Development Association (ODA) has inducted 18 members, which present brings its full membership, comprising non-partisan Osun indigenes, to 136. The association, astatine the expansive reception and induction ceremonial held successful Lagos, yesterday, besides inaugurated pioneer assembly of elders portion honouring its six founding members that person contributed to the maturation of the authorities done the instauration of ODA.

They are Prof. Olu Aina, Chief Inaolaji Aboaba, Tunde Ponnle, Late Chief Benjamin Adigun, Late Duro Oyinlola, Late Prof. Tunde Odetola, Lt.-Gen. Alani Akinrinade (rtd) and Mrs. Joanna Maduka.

The association’s Chairman and Chief Host, Segun Aina, said that the founding members who conceived the thought to make the relation deserved to beryllium greatly celebrated for their pivotal role, which was portion of what birthed Osun arsenic a authorities successful 1991.

He noted that the association, founded successful 1995, is simply a non-partisan radical committed to the improvement of the authorities done assorted initiatives that person continued to amended the modular of surviving of the radical of Osun State.

Aina said that the inauguration of the caller members, comprising 10 males and 8 females, see technocrats and professionals crossed antithetic fields of quality endeavours.

He highlighted the bid of achievements the relation has recorded since the instauration of the authorities to see infrastructural development, instrumental to the instauration of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), advocacy for improvement successful the state, among others.

In his keynote address, Director-General, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission), Seye Oyeleye, urged the relation to put successful nurturing the caller procreation of Osun indigenes who volition replicate oregon surpass the achievements of the founders.He urged ODA to collaborate with the authorities authorities to assistance make capabilities connected however to champion usage the resources.

Meanwhile, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, who was represented by the Group Director, Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Lai Oriowo, lauded the elephantine stride recorded by the organisation, adding that their salient roles person impacted positively successful helping the authorities code the analyzable challenges.

He said that contempt inheriting much than 80 per cent infrastructural shortage from the contiguous past medication of the state, his medication had ended fractional wage outgo to workers.

In his remarks arsenic the Chairman of the occasion, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, promised afloat enactment to the association, portion calling for much groundbreaking improvement to assistance the indigenes of the state.