By Ahmed Ajikobi
The 10th Memorial Anniversary lecture of late Second Republic Senate Leader and Waziri of Ilorin, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki will hold this month, November 28, 2022.
This was contained in the press released, signed by the former senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki and her sister, Minister of state, Federal Ministry of mine and steel Development for the family, friends, and associates.
The event will take place at the international conference centre, central business district, Abuja at around 10 am.
The program is theme, “the leadership and fellowship debate” and the lecture will be delivered by Professor Patrick Lumumba.
According to the press statement, the lecture will capture Olusola Saraki’w lifestyle of leadership and the uniquely personal relationship he had with his supporters, followers, and community.
The statement reads;” On behalf of our matriarch, Chief (Mrs.) Florence Morenike Saraki, we, the children of Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, the Second Republic Senate Leader and the Waziri of Ilorin in collaboration with his friends and associates hereby invite you to a lecture in honour of our dear father.
To mark the 10th Memorial Anniversary of his passing, we have chosen a theme “The Leadership and Followership Debate” that captures our dear father’s style of leadership and the uniquely personal relationship he had with his supporters, followers, and community.
“Since his return to the country after studying medicine in the United Kingdom, our late father strived relentlessly for the unity of the country. His ancestral origin and natural disposition shaped him in becoming a renowned bridge-builder, narrowing the ethnic, religious and socio-economic divide within the nation.
“Oloye, as he was fondly called, had a huge and fanatical grassroots support across the country, in general, but particularly in his home state, Kwara.
“He committed his resources and time to the welfare, empowerment, and development of these supporters.
“He made sacrifices to promote participatory democracy in which the ordinary man and woman would be politically conscious enough to have a say in key decisions affecting their lives, thereby exerting a strong influence on the actions of their leaders.
“It is for this opinion reason that we, the children together with his close friends and associates thought it apt that his 10th memorial Anniversary focus attention on critical issues of National unity, grassroots development and the need for engaged enlightened fellowship, as important considerations for visionary leadership.” part of the statements read.
