7th Year Remembrance: Oke Legacy Foundation doles out 86 scholarship to Obas, others
Former House of Representatives aspirant and member of Oyo State Local Government Service Commission (OSLSC), Hon. John Adisa Oke has doled out eighth six scholarship to commemorate the 7th year remembrance of his late father, Chief Isiah Kolawole Oke.
The late business man was the first to establish the First Secondary Private Boarding School in Ogbomoso.
While alive, he was into Transportation, Shipping, Oil and Gas, Finance and Education.
His most interest was education because education is believed to be an investment in Human Resources.
In retrospect, he was also the first person to establish First Private Tertiary Institution in Ogbomoso ( Best Legacy College of Education). The Institution has convoked more than 2000 graduates since inception. Primary, Secondary was founded 1995 while College of Education was founded in 2007.
Speaking with Mouthpiece NGR, Adisa-Oke said the decision to hold a low key remembrance for his late father was because of the ongoing #EndSars protest which is a burning issue that federal government needs to address urgently.
He said his father’s love for education compelled him to establish education related institutions because he believed a teacher will also teach someone else and it is part of ways to develop our community, Ogbomoso and Nigeria at large.
Oke who is the Director of Best Legacy College of Education revealed that the management awarded scholarship to Eighty (86) students across the 5 local governments in Ogbomoso and Oyo state at large in commemoration of his father’s 7th year remembrance.
According to him, the scholarship is valued at N400,000 for each student to complete the 3years academic sojourn.
He explained that Obas among others helped in the selection of the beneficiaries because they are the one who could identify those in need in their respective domains.
Those that helped in the selection are:
Ogbomoso South
- Oba Sunday Oladapo Oyediran
Lagbami Osekun III - Oba Dr. Elijah Olaniyi Popoola
Ohunsile Ijeru Land - Oba Dr. Ibraheem Amodu J.P
Onisapa - Oba Olayode Oyeyode
Olora- Isoko - Oba AbdulWahab Ashifat
Onibapon - High Chief Abraham Odeyemi
Alago’fe - High Chief Isamotu Aremu
Balogun of Ijeru - High Chief Ezekiel Adebayo
Esanu Aje Ajimoleke - High Chief Sakariyah Adedokun
Baale Sun-un sun - Oba Fabunmi K.
Ologbo of Ilogbo
Ogbomoso North
- Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III JP CON CFR
Soun of Ogbomoso land - Oba Amos Babatunde Amao
Aale Okeelerin - High Chief S.S Otolorin
Aare-Ago of Ogbomoso land - Oba John Ayanpoju
Alabaa of Abaa - Oba Ilufoye Alagbe
Olu- Ikose - High Chief Salawu Ajadi
Jagun of Ogbomoso land - High Chief Ojo Joseph Oyewale
Oniyaku - High Chief Ojo James
Pakiotan - High Chief Mukaila Abiola Oyedeji
Alabede - High Chief Gbadebo Adeoba
Baale Masifa
ORIIRE LG
- Oba Alhaji Abdul Yekeen Ayinla
Onikoyi - Oba Michael Oyebunmi Oyegbami IV
Oloolo
3.Oba James Adegoke Olakunle
Olobamo - Oba Abraham Onaolapo Ajadi
Alaipo - Oba Samuel Oladeji
Amura Ladokun - Oba Garuba Orisasesan
Oniluju - Oba Olayinka Iyiola Alabi
Onimaya - Oba Basiru Raji
Oloko of Oko’ile - Oba Oluwole Okediji
Onisaamo - Oba Suleiman Sanni
Onitewure
SURULERE
- Oba Moses Olayiwola
Aresa pupa - Oba Mustapha Mafolasere
Onijabata - Oba Solomon Olagoke Akinola Oloyede III
Oranmiyan of Oko land - Oba Prof. Akinola Akintola
Olumomi Alapa Okin - Oba Olubayo Adedeji
Alarolu
OGO OLUWA
- Oba AbdulRazaq Alesinloye
Olosupa - Oba Abiodun Adesina
Onilero Elesun - Oba Oluwatoye Bamigboye
Olopete - Oba Isaac Ogunlade
Olugusi - Oba Joshua Bayioku
Oluguro
At the prayer session, one of the invited clergy men said the late Isiah Kolawole Adisa Oke was a principled man and he did a lot in a bid to accelerate development in Ogbomoso through his interventions, establishments, and oriented goals which are obvious to public domain.
Appreciating everyone, Oke noted that he will continue to remember his Dad despite his short time on earth, his impacts and contributions to humanity cannot be erased and the children have vowed to uphold his legacies.
He further said that the student after the completion of their 3years academic programs would become qualified teachers with an award of National Certificate in Education (NCE) which will be of great benefit and development to their immediate environment and Oyo State at large.