The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon.Oladipupo Adebutu, has been conferred with the title of Asiwaju of Odogbolu, in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State.
The installation ceremony, which took place at the palace of the Alaye of Odogbolu drew dignitaries, royal fathers, politicians and members of the National and State Assemblies.
While conferring the chieftaincy title on Adebutu in a ceremony marked by cultural pageantry and tradition, the Alaye of Odogbolu, Oba Onagoruwa, cited the legacy of his mother, a revered figure in
Odogbolu, whose contributions to the community continue to serve as a reference point.
Oba Onagoruwa added that Hon. Adebutu’s philanthropic gesture and social investment as impacted positively in the lives of the aged and youths of the community.
The royal father with the support of other monarchs blessed the new Asiwaju and his wife.
Oba Onagoruwa, however, charged Adebutu to continue to emulate his mother’s legacy and foster unity in the community.
Speaking shortly after the installation, the new Asiwaju of Odogbolu land, Hon. Adebutu said the chieftaincy title is a call to continue the legacy of his late mother and grandfather, who was the first Asiwaju of Odogbolu land.
He therefore, promised to continue his family lineage of community development.
According to him, “I have been called to continue the heritage of my grandfather, Pa Clement who died a long time ago.”
“I am privileged to continue this honourable lineage and I am grateful to the Alaye of Odogbolu and the Alaye in council, and for giving me this opportunity and I promise that with this honour bestowed on me and my family at large, we shall do our best to continue, to further the well being of this community.
“We must remember our mother because she hails from here and her family has impacted greatly here and we the children also come here and invested severally here and we shall continue to do so because this is a heritage, this is our mother land, Ijebu land is our mother land and our spirit lives here.”
While speaking on the plan for the youths and elderly in the developmental project, Adebutu said he has impacted positively in the lives of the youths and aged, adding that his immediate concern is to create a vocational centre for young people.
His words “I have always said and I truly believe we must create prosperity. Sometimes it sounds harsh , but if there’s no money hunger must come and we cannot bring food for a lazy man, we must develop the culture of work to continue to invest in the creation of businesses.
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“My immediate concern now is to create a vocational centre, so that young people can learn small scale trades and by so doing, there can be kind of independent and empowerment in the process. I have invested a lot in young people growing from small agricultural projects, for example I have encouraged young people to do small cocoa farms and they are very successful, also I am happy that some people were encouraged with parcels of land and money to start the business and they’ve become sufficient.
“They’ve become millionaire in the process, I see them all round the place, I have encouraged young men that the amount of money you spent to go abroad and may become a second class citizens that you can actually come back to your villages, go back to your small towns in Ogun State to do some animal husbandry, you will be surprised in 2 or 3 years that your life will be very sufficient.
“We must teach our youths some orientations about working and orientate them on how they shall be better for us all,” Adebutu concluded.