Legacies
By Akeem Abas
Ibadan, May 2, 2018(NAN) Dr Gbade Ojo, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, says the legacies of the late Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Michael Adeyemo, will be sustained.
He gave the assurance on Wednesday while receiving a delegation of the Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria(SWAN) which paid him a condolence visit over Adeyemo’s demise.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the delegation was led by Mr Adeboye Ajayi, the Vice-President, South-West Zone of SWAN.
NAN reports that the late Speaker, who died on Friday, was a patron of SWAN in the state.
Ojo, who is also a patron of the association, said Adeyemo was a stabilising factor to the present administration in the state.
“Adeyemo was during his lifetime a patriotic, diligent, hardworking and committed young man who contributed immensely to the development of the state and the people,” he said.
Hon. Kehinde Subair, the Majority Leader of the State Assembly, who also received the SWAN delegation on behalf of the lawmakers, described Adeyemo’s death as a great loss.
Subair pledged that the late speaker’s legacies would be sustained, promising that they would fill the gap he left behind.
Ajayi, on his part, said that the association received the news of Adeyemo’s death with shock, adding that he would be missed.
He prayed God to give the family the fortitude to bear the loss.
Mr Niyi Alebiosu, the SWAN Chairman in Oyo State, said the late Speaker had so much love for sports, stressing that sponsored several tournaments.
Alebiosu said Adeyemo on many occasions picked the bills of the Oluyole basketball team as well as hosted the first edition of the Speaker’s Cup.
He called on the House to immortalise him because of his enormous contributions to the growth and development of sports in the state. (NAN)
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(Edited by Mufutau Ojo)