THE Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, Honourable Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, have made the list of six prominent Yoruba sons and daughters to be inducted into the Omoluwabi Hall of Fame.
The ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos on Sunday 1st December 2019.
According to a statement by the organisers of the award, Omoluwabi Leadership Reporters and signed by the Project coordinator, Omoba Adekunle Ayegbe, the inductees were selected on the basis of their “sterling credentials, public and private comportments which typified the ethos of ỌMỌLÚWÀBÍ (well behaved Yoruba person) and more recently their public-spirited standpoint en-route to safeguarding the interest of Nigerian masses, were all put into consideration.”
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The Chairman of the Award Governing Board, Professor David Adeyemo, the “OMOLUWABI HALL OF FAME is one distinguished award reserved for prominent sons and daughters of the Yoruba race who have through their life accomplishments, portrayed and extolled the virtues and values of true sons and daughters of the race.”
The award was founded as a platform to project the well-deserving recipients to further encourage and sensitize the young coming generations on preserving the rare values of Yoruba as a race through selfless service and conduct that are contributory to the preservation of the Yoruba ancestry as well as the development of the nation.
Speaking on the selection methodology, the project coordinator, Omoba Ayegbe said “”it is imperative to establish that the Selection panel for this prestigious Hall of Fame comprises of well-meaning professionals drawn from all walks of life who objectively considered without bias or favouritism, the public recommendations of Nominees, through a fair and transparent process.”
He added that a “fundamental hallmark of this coveted award is the presentation of a book entitled ‘EPITOME OF OMOLUWABI,’ a collection of short biographies of exceptionally gifted Yoruba sons and daughters whose lives are explicitly offered a heroic exemplar for the younger generation.”
The induction lecture with the theme “OMOLUWABI ETHOS: A CODE FOR CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION is strategically designed to add an intellectual spice and push the frontiers of a conceptual solution on contemporary national issues.
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