By Adeyemi Adeleye
The Aina Onimole (Oju Iyewa) Chieftaincy Family Foundation has unveiled plans to enhance neighborhood welfare by means of healthcare, environmental sanitation, training and youth improvement 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, stated the inspiration was established to supply a platform for relations to contribute to neighborhood welfare and improvement whereas preserving their cultural heritage.
He stated the inspiration’s actions would concentrate on healthcare, training, environmental accountability, youth improvement, 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 stated.
Amode stated the reunion would deliver relations, conventional representatives, distinguished friends and well-wishers collectively to rejoice their heritage and strengthen their dedication to neighborhood improvement.
He stated the inspiration had deliberate a number of initiatives to make sure the reunion delivered tangible advantages to residents and native establishments.
Amode stated a free medical mission can be organised in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Health and Eko Club International to supply primary healthcare providers to neighborhood members.
He stated the medical outreach would happen on the Olorogun Adodo Family Palace owing to availability of enough area for the train.
The chairman additionally introduced that the inspiration would donate N1.5 million to buy medication for the Isale Eko Health Centre to assist 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 stated.
Amode stated the donation mirrored the inspiration’s dedication to assist present 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 stated.
He added that environmental sanitation was one other precedence, with the inspiration 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 tools to twenty conventional compounds, often known as 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 stated.
On training and youth improvement, Amode stated the inspiration deliberate to assist six secondary faculties and 6 major faculties in Isale Eko.
He stated 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 inspiration will donate absolutely 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 stated 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 stated.
Amode stated the inspiration 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 stated the inspiration meant 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, training, youth improvement, sports activities, neighborhood welfare, assist for native establishments and cultural preservation as the inspiration’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 stated.
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 improvement.
Mobolaji-Alabi stated the event offered a possibility to honour the household’s ancestors and uphold the values of integrity, onerous 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 an enduring legacy for future generations.
“Let us look beyond our history and work together to empower our youths, promote excellence, and serve our community,” she stated.
Also talking, one other member of the household, Mr Kayode Adegboye stated that the inspiration was motivated by love, household unity and the necessity to protect the household’s heritage.
Adegboye stated that preserving cultural heritage was a collective accountability, noting that Nigerians ought to be equally dedicated to defending their traditions.
He stated that the household was pleased with its royal heritage in Lagos State and was dedicated to making sure that its historical past and traditions have been handed on to future generations,” he stated.(NAN)
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Edited by Buhari Bolaji
