IBADAN DISCOURSE GROUP KICKS OFF TALKS ON NATIONAL HEROES

In a desirable step to integrate the values of our national heroes into our political and leadership systems, the Ibadan Discourse Group is kicking off national discussions in honour of notable heroes, starting with a discourse on the late first governor of the Western Region, late Col. Adekunle Fajuyi.

The discourse, slated for Thursday July 10, 2025, at House of Chiefs, Ibadan, is titled: Fajuyi: The Essentials For National Leadership.

A statement by the Group Coordinator, Mr. Clement Ige and the Director of Media Strategy, Mr. Dapo Falade, said the group identifies strongly with the values of the late Col. Fajuyi, particularly the attendant ingredients of passion for national sacrifice and cohesion.

“We are in a crucial stage of national building where our values have almost vanished, and both leaders and followers have almost lost elementary national visions and goals”, the group said.

At this stage, the statement said, we have to remind ourselves of our history for the purpose of national re-orientation which will re-engineer leadership process towards strategic national visions.

According to the release, the event has the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde as the host, Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State as the Guest of Honour while the Chairmen of Southern and Northern Governors Forum are the Special Guests of Honour. The Chairman of the Conference of Speakers, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, is the Guest Speaker while Dr. Festus Adedayo and Prof. O.C. Nwolise are discussants. The Ibadan Discourse Group is an assembly of elder statesmen from across the South West. It has Dr. Yemi Farounbi as the Patron, Chief Adebisi Adesola, a former SSG to the Oyo State Government, as the Chairman while other eminent members include Chief Tola Adeniyi, Amb. Ayo Olukanni, Erelu Olusola Obada, Oloye Lekan Alabi, among several others.

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