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Yam flour

Yam flourGovernor, State of Osun,  Mr Rauf Aregbesola, is planning to establish a yam flour factory in Ife-Odan in Ejigbo Local Government Area of the state, to ensure that food is sufficiently available in the state at affordable prices.
The acting General-Manager, Osun State Agricultural Development Corporation (OSADEC), Mr Kayode Olanipekun stated this at a meeting with relevant stakeholders held at the conference room of the corporation.
Olanipekun disclosed that the present administration has spent a lot of money on agriculture programme in order to make life easier for farmers, adding that the government wants to put an end to farmers’ difficulties by ensuring that their labour is not in vain.
He also encouraged yam farmers, who need government’s assistance, to submit their requests at OSSADEC in order to ensure that all farms are fully mechanised for land clearing, ploughing, harrowing and ridging.
The OSSADEC boss, therefore, appealed that farmers who benefitted from the interest-free loan should pay back on time in order to appreciate government’s effort to boost agriculture.
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SALVATION (1)

SALVATION (1)State of Osun chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has dissociated itself from assertion of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that the school reclassification in the state could trigger terrorism.
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN)  described the assertion as mere rumours that are capable of disrupting developmental stride of the government.
The leadership of the state chapter of CAN recently had a story credited to it in a newspaper that the school reclassification policy of the government is capable of triggering terrorism in the state.
But at a meeting with the government representatives in Ibokun on Sunday, the PFN state chairman, represented by his vice in Ijesa zone, Pastor Joel Balogun said that the school reclassification is seen as part of the efforts of the government to effectively monitor the education within its limited resources.
“We see the assertion that the school reclassification can trigger terrorism as mere rumour and we in PFN can never be carried away with such rumours. We understand that the exercise is aimed at cutting cost and ensuring proper monitoring of our schools, with a view to getting the best for our children. Though, we are not politicians, we are men of God, but we have seen that this government is doing well in terms of development and we are praying for the success of the government. Instead of spreading rumours, we, as men of God owe it a duty to evangelise to people and bring them to our fold and that is what we should be doing”, he insisted.
Appealing to the government to ensure that the schools that being merged retain their names, as promised, he said that this would settle the issues generated by the reclassification exercise.
The Chairman, Obokun II chapter of the fellowship, Evangelist Remi Adediran also urged religion leaders not to mislead the people on what he described as lies and rumours.
He also said that rather than misinterpreting the government programmes and policies on education and other programmes, the government should rather be commended.
In their separate submission, the leader of the State Assembly of Osun, Timothy Owoeye; the lawmaker representing Obokun state constituency, Samson Fafiyebi; the Commissioner for Environment, Professor Bukola Oyawoye and Special Adviser on Agriculture, Festus Agunbiade said that the school reclassification is aimed at giving the best to the students.
The government officials who are all christians said that the rumour being carried about against Governor Rauf Aregbesola by CAN are baseless and capable of causing disharmony among all the religion faithfuls.
The Assistant Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, who was the host, wondered why anybody would alleged Aregbesola of wanting to sponsor terrorism.
According to him, the interest of Aregbesola is to get the best for the state and its people, saying, “he has never interfere in my own religious as a christian, rather, I influenced him to meet my father in the Lord in person of Pastor  William Folorunso Kumuyi.
“So, it does not infringe on anybody’s religion and he is not ready to do so, because he beliefs that religion is a personal conviction.
“As a born again christian, I have been working with him for over seven years now as a close aide and if he is somebody that discriminates, I would not still be with him till now because I represent Christ in this government like others do”, Oyintiloye stressed.
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Aregbesola To Receive Best Governor Of The Year Award

The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the group-managing director of Omatek Computers, Florence Seriki, alongside other dignitaries have expressed interest to participate in the forthcoming NewsDirect Third anniversary lecture/ awards ceremony. This will enable them to receive their awards as Best Governor of the Year and Best Female Entrepreneur of the Year respectively. The event is scheduled to take place in Lagos on Dec 12, 2013 by 4pm at De Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja by 4 pm.
According to a statement confirming her participation, the Omatek GMD expressed her sincere gratitude to the organising Committee of the NewsDirect 2013 awards.
According to the statement, “We write to accept this Award, a double honour indeed; and express our profound gratitude to all members of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Annual Nigerian NewsDirect Award, 2013.”
The statement also added that, “This award is in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a leading African entrepreneur in ICT sector; and the first African CEO to assemble computers in this part of the region.
“We, therefore, wish to express our sense of gratitude and appreciation to the entire NewsDirect award committee; and do enjoin you to proceed with your programmes and arrangement, to ensure a successful and hitch free event. Other recipients include Reginald Stanley-Best Regulator of the Year, MD Flying Doctors-Dr Ola Orekunrin-Outstanding Female CEO of the Year.
In the corporate award category, the board will honour OilServ Limited, Seplat Petroleum, Masters Energy, First Bank, Babcock University and LADOL among others.
The award/annual ceremony being put together to commemorate the third anniversary of Nigerian NewsDirect newspaper will feature the presentation of papers on “Enabling Environment, infrastructure development, funding and capacity building”.
Guest lecturers include the Group Executive Director Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Abiye Membere, and Osun State Commissioner for Information
BUSINESS DAY ONLINE

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APC20Mobilization-1

Photos from the All Progressive Congress National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to Osun at Government House, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (7th right); his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha (7th left); Deputy National Secretary All Progressive Congress, Mallam Nasir El-rufai (6th left); APC Chieftain, Chief Audu Ogbe (8th left); Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (4th left); Ogun State All Progressive Congress (APC) Leader, Chief Olusegun Osoba (6th right); Imo State Deputy Speaker, Donatus Ozoemena (3rd left); APC National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso (3rd right); National Women Leader, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor  (5th left); Interim Chairman Osun APC, Elder Adebiyi Adelowo (left) and others, during the All Progressive Congress National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to Osun at Government House, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (7th right); his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha (7th left); Deputy National Secretary All Progressive Congress, Mallam Nasir El-rufai
(6th left); APC Chieftain, Chief Audu Ogbe (8th left); Former Aviation
Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (4th left); Ogun State All Progressive Congress (APC) Leader, Chief Olusegun Osoba (6th right); Imo State Deputy Speaker, Donatus Ozoemena (3rd left); APC National Organising
Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso (3rd right); National Women Leader, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor (5th left); Interim Chairman Osun APC, Elder Adebiyi Adelowo (left) and others, during the All Progressive Congress
National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to Osun at Government House,
Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (4th right); his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha (3rd left); Deputy National Secretary All Progressive Congress, Mallam Nasir El-rufai (2nd left); National Women Leader, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor  (left); Ogun State All Progressive Congress (APC) Leader, Chief Olusegun Osoba (3rd right); APC Chieftain, Chief Audu Ogbe (5th right) and others, during the All Progressive Congress National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to Osun at Government House, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (4th right); his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha (3rd left); Deputy National Secretary All Progressive Congress, Mallam Nasir El-rufai
(2nd left); National Women Leader, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor (left); Ogun
State All Progressive Congress (APC) Leader, Chief Olusegun Osoba (3rd
right); APC Chieftain, Chief Audu Ogbe (5th right) and others, during the All Progressive Congress National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit
to Osun at Government House, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday
10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and  his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha  acknowledging cheers from the All Progressive Congress Supporters in the State, during the Party’s National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to the State at Osogbo City Stadium, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha acknowledging cheers from the All Progressive Congress Supporters in the State, during the Party’s
National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to the State at Osogbo City
Stadium, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and  his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha  acknowledging cheers from the All Progressive Congress Supporters in the State, during the Party’s National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to the State at Osogbo City Stadium, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha acknowledging cheers from the All Progressive Congress Supporters in the State, during the Party’s
National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to the State at Osogbo City
Stadium, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and  his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha  acknowledging cheers from the All Progressive Congress Supporters in the State, during the Party’s National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to the State at Osogbo City Stadium, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his Imo State Counterpart, Governor Rochas Okorocha acknowledging cheers from the All Progressive Congress Supporters in the State, during the Party’s
National Mobilisation Committee’s Visit to the State at Osogbo City
Stadium, Osogbo, State of Osun on Tuesday 10-12-2013

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Gov. Aregbesola Pledges Creation Of More LGs In Osun

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Monday pledged to facilitate the creation of more local government areas in the state so as to stimulate grassroots development.

Aregbesola made the promise in Ile-Ife during the inauguration of Oranmiyan Security Tower and Complex.
He also called for the engagement of competent security personnel to work at the security tower and complex.
He said that competent personnel, who would not abandon their duty posts, would be engaged to tackle the rising menace of armed robbers and hoodlums in the town.
Aregbesola said that Ile-Ife had been constantly under the siege of armed robbers and hoodlums due to the heavy concentration of banks and other financial institutions in the town.
He, however, said that the tower would facilitate efforts to monitor all the nooks and crannies of Ile-Ife, while enhancing the safety of the town.
He said that the security tower and complex would boost economic activities in Ile-Ife, particularly in the Lagere neighbourhood where the tower was sited.
Earlier, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, who was represented by Oba Samuel Omisakin, the Obalufe of Iremo, Ile-Ife, commended Aregbesola for executing several development projects in the state.
Sijuwade said that the governor had considered it expedient to initiate plans and strategies to tackle the security challenges facing the people of Ile-Ife and Osun in general.
He urged the citizens of the state to support the efforts of the Aregbesola-administration to take the state to greater heights.
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Elementary School Enrolment On The Increase In Osun

No fewer than 147,000 children of school age have been enrolled in public elementary schools in the state of Osun this current 2013/2014 academic session.
Governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola made this known at the weekend in Lagos while speaking after being conferred with a Special Award as a Man Making a Difference(M.A.D) in the 2013 GAME Award for his outstanding contributions to educational development in the state.
The Governor said the state was ranked second state with highest number of out of school children in the federation but today stands as best in elementary school enrolment in the South West following the introduction of these education oriented programmes and increase in the state government’s investment in education.
Mr. Aregbesola, who said coming 34th among the thirty-six states of the federation in terms of federal allocation did not deter his administration from fulfilling his electioneering campaign promises to the people of the state, said actualization of his six point integral action plan have positively impacted on lives of people of the state.
Governor Aregbesola said tackling youth unemployment in the state was part of what attracted him into government and prompted him to give employment to 20,000 youths within his 100 days in office through the Osun Youths Empowerment Scheme (OYES) and other youth employment driven programmes like O’REAP, O-HUB, O-FISH among others.
The Governor thereafter called on Nigerian youths to work hard towards the actualization of their dreams and aspirations for life to positively transform the nation saying the future belongs to those who plan for it today and work hard towards the actualization of their dreams.
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AFRICA DIGITAL AWARDS 1

Photos from the induction of Governor Aregbesola into the Hall of Fame for Africa Digital Awards, at Sheraton hotel Lagos on Sunday 8/12/2013

Professional Telecommunication Engineer, Corporate, Entrepreneur and Business Management Trainer, Engineer [Dr] Ernest Ndukwe (right) , during the induction of Governor Aregbesola into the Hall of Fame for Africa Digital Awards, at Sheraton hotel Lagos on Sunday 8/12/2013

Professional Telecommunication Engineer, Corporate, Entrepreneur and
Business Management Trainer, Engineer [Dr] Ernest Ndukwe (right) ,
during the induction of Governor Aregbesola into the Hall of Fame for
Africa Digital Awards, at Sheraton hotel Lagos on Sunday 8/12/2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola [3rd Left]; Chief Executive Officer of Computer Warehouse group [CEO] Mr. Austin Okere [2nd Left]; Former National President of the Association Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria [ATCON]; Engr. [Dr] Emmanuel Ekuwem [Left] Coordinators Mr. Tayo Adewusi [2rd Right] and Professional Telecommunication Engineer, Corporate, Entrepreneur and Business Management Trainer, Engineer [Dr] Ernest Ndukwe [right], during the induction of Governor Aregbesola into the Hall of Fame for Africa Digital Awards, at Sheraton hotel Lagos on Sunday 8/12/2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola [3rd Left]; Chief Executive
Officer of Computer Warehouse group [CEO] Mr. Austin Okere [2nd Left];
Former National President of the Association Telecommunication Companies of
Nigeria [ATCON]; Engr. [Dr] Emmanuel Ekuwem [Left] Coordinators Mr. Tayo
Adewusi [2rd Right] and Professional Telecommunication Engineer, Corporate,
Entrepreneur and Business Management Trainer, Engineer [Dr] Ernest
Ndukwe [right], during the induction of Governor Aregbesola into the
Hall of Fame for Africa Digital Awards, at Sheraton hotel Lagos on
Sunday 8/12/2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola presenting Award to the President of the Nigeria Internet Group [NIG] Engineer. Bayo Banjo, during the induction of Governor Aregbesola into the Hall of Fame for Africa Digital Awards, at Sheraton hotel Lagos on Sunday 8/12/2013

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola presenting Award to the
President of the Nigeria Internet Group [NIG] Engineer. Bayo Banjo,
during the induction of Governor Aregbesola into the Hall of Fame for
Africa Digital Awards, at Sheraton hotel Lagos on Sunday 8/12/2013

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OPINION: Profound Developmental Strides In Osun

That it took over three year’s battle to recover his mandate from the ousted government of Olagunsoye Oyinlola is now history.  Nobody gave Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola the chance of winning the legal battle. Some of his supporters gave up at the eleventh hour while waiting for the final Court of Appeal judgment. It was the longest electoral battle in the history of Nigeria and at the end of the trial, the Electoral Acts were amended in order to reduce the period of electoral litigation to 180days.
The government of Aregbesola from inception promised to be a peculiar administration, and three years later the governor has lived to its promises. The six integral action plans of the government remained the compass that guides the working and actions of the government. The government sets out to battle; Poverty, banish hunger, banish unemployment, restore healthy living, promote functional education, and enhance communal peace and progress.
At the inception, for about eight months, the governor refused to appoint commissioners as it was the custom in all democratic states. This action of Aregbesola did not go down well with the political opposition who took the new government to the cleaner and threatened to take legal action against the governor. But Aregbesola remained unmoved for he has his trick up his sleeve, and when he eventually appointed the commissioners, he told the nation that the state was not financially buoyant to afford the financial implication of political appointees , he averred: “ I used the first eight months to save enough fund for the projects and programmes of the government, our predecessor took a bank loan that grounded the financial wheel of the administration to the tune of 18.6 billion naira to finance stadia projects when we were not hosting any sport competition.
Every effort to renegotiate with the bank where the loan was taken failed until we found another bank that bought over the said debts and granted us a convenient loan to finance our projects.” The judicial panel of enquiry set up to probe the loan found the  Oyinlola guilty over the aforesaid loan. However, the government moved ahead and began the journey of a new state that has since turned around the fortune of the state to the level that the blind could feel the changes and the deaf could see the gigantic development of the state, even the political opponents have been silenced from their initial negative propaganda of non-performance, to the allegation of turning the state into a debtor state. This negative gab has not fit in to the image of the government as quite often, the financial institutions such as Central Bank, Debt Management Office have excluded the state from the list of debtor’ states.
The next issue that surprises the opponents is the employment of 20, 000 youths that were engaged within a hundred days in office by the governor under the OYES-Osun Youths Empowerment Scheme. This singular acts was the first of its kind in Nigeria. The ousted government did not waste time from writing off the scheme as ridiculous and insulting for the state graduates to be engaged in communal work with ordinary 10, 000 naira per months. They accused the government of deceit over the numbers said to have been engaged.  Aregbesola was not bugged by the negative criticism; rather he asked them to verify the actual numbers under the scheme from First Bank who paid the youths monthly. He also replied the opposition by demanding from them what were they able to do for the same youths for a period of 90 months they were in power in the state, if the pain and the anguish of these youths did not touch the opposition, at least, the implication of having army of youths roaming the street without any means of living could trigger high level of crime in the state and the nation as a whole.
While the opposition was criticizing, parents and participating youths were full of praise and appreciation of the government actions of making them bread winners. The critics were still on the same page when the government engaged another batch of 20, 000 youths making it 40, 000 youths that have participated in the scheme so far and many of them apart from being engaged by the government, a large percentage are today trained and empowered to become entrepreneurs and employer of labour.
This OYES scheme has since received the approvals of the World Banks which in turn  sold the good idea to the Federal government and supported the scheme financially, the Federal government has since  kicked off the scheme under the name YESSO. The prophet is said not to enjoy respect at home, the Aregbesola scheme that was ridiculed and disparaged by political opponents is today being celebrated nationwide for embarking on such a noble scheme in reducing the joblessness in our nation among our youths. The Aregbesola government has also got the youths motivated in taking into farming via O’REAP, through training within and outside Nigeria, by also clearing virgin lands for large scale farming, loans schemes and farming equipment as well as fertilizers to boost farming in the state. Consequently the state is gradually becoming the food basket of the South West through massive food production and the vision of kicking out poverty has become a reality and the peace and security is reigning in the state as poverty which Nehru Gandhi said to be” the harbinger of crime” has been conquered.
This effort of the government has made Osun to be voted as second best in poverty index in Nigeria, the Federal office of Statistics has also adjudged it as the best among the states with less percentage of unemployed youths.
State of Osun was another burning issue, a deviation from the commonly use of   “state”. The opposition accused the governor for trying to secede for having the audacity to call State of Osun, the introduction of a state anthem provides the opposition the ground to call the state a rebellious one. But the governor was unbowed, but told those that care to know that “we are charting courses that had never been charted”. The governor declared that the long military rule had mesmerized the nation to the extent that we have forgotten that we are a republic. That the oppression by the military has made some educated ones to have lost the import of Nigeria as a Federal Republic. Aregbesola defended his choice of using “the state of” as constitutional,and  that the constitution did not put any prefix or suffix. He cited section 176 of the 1999 Constitution Federal Republic of Nigeria to draw home his defense. Today, more than eight states in Nigeria have followed his footsteps.
. Opon-Imo tablet of knowledge, an educational iPad that today has earned the state and the governor international award and recognition was born in controversy. When the tablet was launched, the political elite especially the opposition was acidic in their condemnation of the device to them, the governor and his son were merely milking the state of its resources. The tablets cannot be cost effective; the priority of the state ought not to be the tablet. Newspapers columnists added insulting articles upon articles ridiculing the government, but like the Right brothers were disparaged initially but celebrated till date over invention of aircraft, the Opon Imo tablet of knowledge has become an international phenomenal, that has earned one award after the other, the governor himself declared at the launching “with this Opon Imo Africa has come of age”. Indeed, Aregbesola has added his name among the people that contributed to the development of knowledge among mankind.
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OSUN CITIES ARE NOT FOR BREEDING CRIMINALS SAYS AREGBESOLA
Governor Rauf Aregbesola spoke tough at criminals and prospective trouble makers, Monday at the commissioning of the Oranmiyan security tower and ultra modern shopping complex situated at Lagere area of Ile- Ife.
The crowd was a mammoth- drawn by the usual compelling attractiveness and charm of the Osun Governor- as he danced to various traditional songs and other vocal or instrumental musical performances by various groups as part of the highlights of the event. Governor Aregbesola also sang a number of Ife traditional folklore to the admiration of the audience.
Amid the jollity mood of the gathering, the Osun governor underscored one of the major essence of government as the provision of adequate security for the people along their welfare. “It is under this environment that people can enjoy their liberty, engage in fruitful and legitimate economic activities and realise the full potentials of their personality”, he said.
He stressed further that as the chief security officer of the state, he will ensure that criminality is fought with every available mean; adding: “Our cities can not be breeding grounds for criminals and bandits, whoever starts the fire of violence and chaos in Osun will be the ones to dance in it”
The 140-feet-high security structure contains the cipher rooms, media rooms, rapid response rooms and surveillance rooms, the twenty-four hour surveillance building also has a state of the heart computer room installed and to be manned by ICT experts that will coordinate surveillance cameras installed at the rooftop of the building. This development further shows that “Osun is an ICT-compliant state. This Tower also validates this claim”, said Aregbesola.
As part of efforts to also elevate the aesthetic and social aspect of the building, a 3-storey room is also constructed and 3 (LED) television of 10 foot square is also mounted at the frontal walls of the edifice purely for social activities.
The commissioning of the Oranmiyan Security Tower is another marker of unprecedented governance which the administration has been running in the state for the past 36 months.
Aregbesola stated further that like many other programmes of government, the Oranmiyan security towers and ultra modern shopping complex will have direct positive impact on lives of the people of Ile-Ife.
According to him, the project will enhance security of lives and property of the people; just as the ultra modern shopping complex will facilitate rapid flourishing of trade and business in the city, there by contributing to the economic growth of the state.
Aregbesola praised the efforts of the Executive Secretary of Ife-Central Local Government Area- Dr. Taiwo Olaiya for the commitment in the building of the tower; which he described as a red alert for trouble makers. He warned that criminals and trouble makers will pay dearly for any criminal tendency “because there will be no hiding place for them”.
BIOREPORTS

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MANDELA

MANDELAThe Osun Civil Societies Coalition (OCSC) has joined the whole world to mourn the passing away of the former South African President, Nelson Mandela, who was known for his tireless campaign against apartheid.

Mandela, according to the coalition, was the first South African black president to unify the country to ensure that an egalitarian society is achieved.
The coalition in a press statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ismaeel Uthman, yesterday, described the late Mandela as an epitome of humility, justice and equality. Uthman said Mandela was an embodiment of selflessness and courage, who has inspired generations on the campaign for human dignity and an egalitarian society.
According to him, Mandela’s death is a great loss to the world, most especially to human rights community, adding that the antiapartheid icon enjoyed universal mourning for his contribution to world peace.
“Mandela demonstrated equality and egalitarianism in his lifetime. He was a hero of all time and he will forever remain a source of inspiration to generations unborn. He was a liberator, who worked tirelessly for the good of Africa as a continent.
“Mandela sacrificed his freedom for, not only South Africans, but the Africans generally. He spent 27 of his useful years in prison to ensure a just and fair society for the blacks, who had been segregated by the apartheid policy”, Uthman stated.
NATIONAL MIRROR

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