By Adeyemi Adeleye
The Aina Onimole (Oju Iyewa) Chieftaincy Family Foundation has unveiled plans to enhance neighborhood welfare by means of healthcare, environmental sanitation, schooling and youth growth 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 muse was established to offer a platform for relations to contribute to neighborhood welfare and growth whereas preserving their cultural heritage.
He mentioned the muse’s actions would concentrate on healthcare, schooling, environmental accountability, youth growth, 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 visitors and well-wishers collectively to have fun their heritage and strengthen their dedication to neighborhood growth.
He mentioned the muse 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 offer primary healthcare companies to neighborhood members.
He mentioned the medical outreach would happen on the Olorogun Adodo Family Palace owing to availability of ample house for the train.
The chairman additionally introduced that the muse would donate N1.5 million to buy medicine for the Isale Eko Health Centre to help 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 muse’s dedication to help 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 muse planning to collaborate with the Ministry of Health to advertise a cleaner and more healthy neighborhood.
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 growth, Amode mentioned the muse deliberate to help six secondary faculties and 6 main faculties in Isale Eko.
He mentioned the initiative would come with supporting inter-house sports activities actions in taking part faculties and designating a college sports activities home because the Aina Onimole (Oju Iyewa) House.
According to him, the muse will donate totally outfitted first-aid containers and trophies to taking part 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 muse hoped the intervention would encourage younger folks to understand the significance of service, neighborhood participation and accountability.
He added that the reunion would function actions selling household interplay, cultural consciousness, youth participation, recognition of members and neighborhood engagement.
The chairman mentioned the muse supposed to maintain its interventions past the reunion by constructing partnerships with authorities businesses, neighborhood organisations, faculties and different stakeholders.
He recognized healthcare outreach, environmental sanitation, schooling, youth growth, sports activities, neighborhood welfare, help for native establishments and cultural preservation as the muse’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 neighborhood growth.
Mobolaji-Alabi mentioned the event offered a possibility to honour the household’s ancestors and uphold the values of integrity, arduous work, management, service and respect for custom.
She urged relations at house 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 muse 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 ought to 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 had been handed on to future generations,” he mentioned.(NAN)
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Edited by Buhari Bolaji
