According to the statement signed by the Special Adviser on Regional Integration in Lagos State, Rev. Adetunji Adebiyi, and the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs in Ekiti State, Adewale Adeoye, the football competition, named after the late statesman and first Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, will further unite the people of the South West, rekindle the spirit of brotherhood and constructively engage the huge population of young often idle children
Browsing: Obafemi Awolowo
He stated that the inauguration of the prestigious prize for leadership at this period in the history of the nation was timely and auspicious as the objective of the prize coincides with the administration’s emphasis on transformational leadership, as a means of national resurgence, under the national Transformation Agenda
History has it that Chief Obafemi Awolowo, whose achievements still resonate till date, found it hard to sell the free education initiative to the peasant farmers of the mainly agrarian Western Region. Today, that visionary step is believed to have given this part of the country its edge in virtually all spheres of human development