With a lot of expectations for performance and progress, Osun state Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has approved the appointment of the pioneer members of Board of Trustees and Board of Directors for the Osogbo based Awolowo Centre for Philosophy, Ideology and Good Governance. Former Governor of Lagos state and National
Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria
(ACN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is to serve as
the chairman of the centre’s Board of
Trustees while Nobel Laureate, Professor
Wole Soyinka will represent Ogun state and the founder, Aregbesola will represent Osun
state on the board. Other members of the board are former Vice
Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU),
Ile-Ife, Professor, Wale Omole and former Vice
Chancellor of University of Ado-Ekiti, Prof. Akin
Oyebode (Ekiti). In a statement issued by the
Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy in the office of the Governor, Mr
Semiu Okanlawon names other members of the
board to include Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Dr.
Usman Bugaje (North); Prof. (Mrs) Bolanle Awe
(Osun) and Professor. M. A. Makinde, who is
also the Director General and Secretary to the Board. Besides, the Board of Directors is
headed by Governor Aregbesola with Prof.
Tunde Babawale, ACN National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; human rights
lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) Chief Wale Osun and
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa as external members. Internal members include the DG/CEO, Prof.
Makinde; a Director of Training and Research,
a Director of Administration and Finance, a
Director of Planning, Programmes and
Linkages. The statement stressed that the eminent
Nigerians selected into the centre’s BoT and
Board of Directors were carefully chosen to
match the personality and ideals of the late
sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. According to
the statement “these tested and trusted Nigerians were congregated into the centre in
order to help revive the legacies of Awolowo
and sustain his political ideals of true
democracy and good governance.” It added
that “These prominent and tested Nigerians
have been carefully selected to match the reputation, political, social, economic and
political ideals of the legendary Awo and to
help in bringing back the legacies of his
achievements in the old Western Region of
Nigeria and in the sustenance of his ideals of
true democracy and good governance. not only for the South-West, but for all states in
the federation”.
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