Between Tuesday 11th October 2022 and Saturday, 15th October 2022, the four local government areas in Oyo town would be in a joyous mood as Honourable Prince Akeem Adeyemi, son of late Ọba Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo and the current lawmaker representing AFIJIO/Atiba/Oyo East/Oyo West federal constituency would be putting smiles on the faces of some of the people in his constituents.
Ọba Adeyemi, this newspaper recalls, died earlier this year, after reigning for over 50 years.
During this event, which is been put together to mark the 84th posthumous birthday of the highly revered departed monarch, 1,000 members of this constituents would be empowered with cash gifts while transformers, boreholes, blocks of classrooms and ICT centers would be donated, installed and handed over to deserving communities and schools.
During the official inspection of the Mini Stadium facilitated by the lawmaker by the Oyo State ministry of sports and youth development, free medical services will be carried out in Kara (Atiba LG) on Tuesday; Ilora (AFIJIO LG) on Wednesday and Akesan Market (Oyo West LG And Oyo East) on Thursday.
Friday would witness the foundation laying of a block of three classrooms named after the monarch – Oba Adeyemi III Block at Oranyan Grammar School and Oba Adeyemi III ICT Centre at St Bernardine’s Grammar School.
After the Jumat service, the entourage would move to Maradesa Area in Isokun, Oyo where a motorized borehole facilitated by the legislator would be handed over to the community.
In Awe and Ematuwo, Oyagbe, Surulere & Soro communities, transformers would be donated, installed and energized by the lawmaker.
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo 2023 election, Senator Teslim Folarin, the current senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District and Hon Yunus Akintunde, who is seeking to replace Folarin at the senate would be special guests.
Apart from the duo, Prince Ajibola Afonja, Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu, Engr. Idris Adeoye and Arc Bayo Ajisafe would be special guests when Skimeh would be giving cash support to 500 Tinubu/Shettima Grassroot Mobilizers and 500 petty traders. The event is expected to take place at Ode Aremo in Oyo.
On Thursday, 20th October 2022, Skimeh, who is the chairman of the house of representatives committee on communications will be commissioning the mini stadium with a novelty match. Sports minister, Sunday Dare and CEO, Ace Supermarket, Yinka Afonja would be special guests.
Skimeh, as the two-term lawmaker and former council chairman, is popularly known, said though his late father, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III is no more, the legacies he left behind for the Yorubas, especially the great people of Oyo, linger. That is why we have lined up some projects that will directly impact on people’s lives for inauguration to mark the 84th posthumous birthday of the late Monarch.”
