* Lauds royal father for his exemplary service and dedication to the individuals
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu on Friday conferred the second highest nationwide honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON), on the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, as he marked his ninetieth birthday.
The president made the conferment on the birthday ceremony for the royal father held on the Oba Sikiru Adetona Faculty of Governance, Olabisi Onabanjo College, In the past-Iwoye, Ogun State.
He mentioned: “The conferment of the GCON honour is a testomony to the Awujale’s outstanding service to the nation and his individuals.
“As a result of Oba Adetona has honoured our nation and humanity together with his a few years of meritorious service, I subsequently, on this big day of his ninetieth birthday ceremony, confer on him the second highest Nationwide Honour of Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON). I want Kabiyesi Awujale extra years of service to the individuals of Ijebuland and sturdy well being on the throne. Many comfortable returns Kabiyesi.”
President Tinubu expressed his gratitude for the monarch’s dedication and wished him many extra years of service and sturdy well being on the throne.
President Tinubu, who was represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, praised the Awujale for his distinctive management and dedication to the individuals of Ijebuland during the last 64 years.
Based on him, “Kabiyesi Adetona deserves all of the accolades we will accord him as a result of he earned them. Within the final 64 years, Kabiyesi had served the individuals of Ijebuland with nice knowledge and uncommon dedication. It isn’t stunning that his kingdom and folks have continued to thrive”.
The president highlighted the Awujale’s dedication to democracy and good governance, saying: “If democracy is blossoming in our nation as we speak, it’s as a result of patriarchs like Oba Adetona stood firmly on the aspect of the individuals.
“In time of adversity, Oba Adetona confirmed power and kingly character. He stood his floor and confronted injustice and oppression throughout our simply wrestle for the restoration of democratic rule within the land between 1993 and 1999.”
President Tinubu additionally counseled the Awujale’s contributions to training, notably the endowment of a professorial chair on the Olabisi Onabanjo College and the institution of the Submit-Graduate Faculty on Coverage and Governance Research, which was inaugurated as a part of the birthday celebrations.
“Motivated by greater and noble excellent to entrench democratic good governance in our nation, Oba Adetona acknowledged the significance of increasing the frontier of information together with his endowment of a professorial chair on the Olabisi Onabanjo College, In the past-Iwoye in Ogun State,” he mentioned.
The president additionally directed that the Submit-Graduate Faculty on Coverage and Governance Research, which was inaugurated as a part of the birthday celebrations, be managed by the Nationwide Institute of Coverage and Strategic Research, Kuru, Jos, to make sure that the information manufacturing and mental output profit the whole nation.
