MEDIA practitioner and Child Rights Advocate, Mr. Bankole Shakirudeen Adeshina, has been inducted as the Charter President of the Rotary Club of Idimu High-Rise, District 9110 Nigeria.
Conducting the exercise, the Governor, Rotary International, District 9110 Governor, Rotarian Bola Oyebade, also handed over the Certificate of Incorporation of the Club to the new President.
The public presentation followed the earlier approval of the request for the organisation of the club by the Rotary International President, Huger Knaack, on August 17, 2020.
The event, which was well attended by the Rotary District Leadership, including the District Governor-Elect, Rotn Remi Bello, and the District Governor-Nominee, Rotn Omotunde Lawson, also featured the induction of members of the Board of Directors of the club, and unveiling of the club’s Strategic Growth Plans.
Chairman of the occasion, Founder and Chairman, Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), Dr. Godwin Ehigiamusoe, said his company, which is reputed for significant contribution against poverty in the country, is more than willing to partner with Rotary to further dislodge hunger and starvation from the land.
The Guest Speaker, a Financial Risk Management Expert and Executive Director of LaFAM Facility Management Limited, Alhaji Abayomi Ajenifuja, said, “inequitable distribution of the nation’s wealth is responsible for the prevailing economic challenges in the land.
“Hence the necessity for leaders to lead responsibly. A lot of people are in financial mess. The outbreak of COVID 19 has strangulated many people, economically. The destructions that followed the #EndSARS Protest was too much to bear.
“If you check our national budget in the last 20 years, it’s been revolving around $20billion. Now, check the cost of destruction from the aftermath of #EndSARS protection, coupled with the damages done and still being done to our economy, you will all agree with me that we are in a serious financial mess.
“This is the time for leaders to stand up to the welfare and well-being of the governed.”