All roads will today Friday the 27th of May, lead to Offa in Kwara State for the decorations of the immediate-past Managing Director of Bank of Industry, Dr Waheed Olagunji and his heartthrob, Hajia Mobolaji as the Aare Bobagunwa and Yeye Aare Bobagunwa respectively by the Olofa of Offa, Oba Muftau Gbadamosi Okikiola. Since yesterday Thursday the 26th of May, the ancient town has been buzzing on account of the conferment of the titles on the public-spirited couple with a well-attended pre-investiture lecture held where erudite scholar, Prof. Akin Oyebode spoke on the topic: Mobilizing Popular Participation for the Emergence of Offa Titun.
At the Olofa’s Palace today, the Offa-born couple will take the centre stage as Oba Gbadamosi bestows the titles on them in recognition of their contributions to the development of the community amid pomp and circumstance. Later on, the event will enter full gear with a shindig at Imperial Event centre, where families and friends of the newest chiefs-in-town from all walks of life are expected to let their hairs down dancing to the music of King Sunny Ade who will be on the bandstand.
The couple earned their stripes as illustrious son and daughter of Offa on the back of their selfless service to the community. Dr Olagunju, a former television broadcaster with NTA in particular, is a member of Offa Club 80 and was a key figure in the socio-cultural group’s social and infrastructural interventions in Offa including the construction of a township library among others. He is one of the key players in Offa Descendants Union (ODU), a group that put in place a technology innovation hub in the town with the view to train 60,000 students/participants from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in Kwara State.
