{"id":31815,"date":"2019-05-09T11:02:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T10:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=31815"},"modified":"2019-05-09T11:02:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T10:02:59","slug":"awolowos-patronal-service-holds-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/awolowos-patronal-service-holds-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Awolowo\u2019s Patronal Service Holds Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The 32nd memorial anniversary and patronal service of the former Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo holds Thursday, May 9.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The programme scheduled for Obafemi Awolowo Memorial Anglican Church, Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State, starting 10:00 am, is in commemoration of Awolowo\u2019s death on May 9, 1987.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Born on March 6, 1909, Awolowo became the first Premier of the Western Region. During his tenure as leader and Premier, he held the regional ministerial portfolios of local government, finance and economic planning. He was also Chairman of the Regional Economic Planning Commission.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As a nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria\u2019s Independence movement and political development, three decades after his death, Awolowo\u2019s influence and name continue to be a subject of discussion in the political and academic circles of Nigeria and beyond.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Most of his books and several of his theories propounded as solution to Nigeria\u2019s problems have been regurgitated at various fora as solutions to some of the current crisis facing the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Awolowo is renowned for his statesmanship and commitment to efficient leadership and good governance through his intellectual positions of restructuring, security, social justice, transparency, accountability, fairness, equity, selflessness, rule of law, order and legitimacy of political economic and administrative authority.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 32nd memorial anniversary and patronal service of the former Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo holds Thursday, May 9.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":31817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1593,17,624],"tags":[5584],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-31815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-metro","category-news","category-politics","tag-chief-obafemi-awolowo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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