Independence Day: Adewale Adetunji urges Oyo state and Oluyole constituency indigenes and resident should remain Focus and be Prayerful for the success of our Administration

Today, Nigeria marks the 59th anniversary of her political freedom and attendant sovereignty from the British colonialists which took place on October 1, 1960. Fifty-Nine years is significant in the life of a nation made up of an estimated 250 ethnic nationalities, with cultural and religious differences and divergent ideological persuasions. The survival of Nigeria as a country is appreciated when compared to the ugly experiences of other countries that were dismembered shortly or much later after they gained independence. It is in this context that the country must celebrate this year's Independence anniversary.

Going down memory lane, the immediate goal that the heroes and heroines of the country's Independence pursued when they struggled for Independence was national unity. Those at the forefront of the struggle for Nigeria's liberation included the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Herbert Macaulay and Chief Anthony Enahoro. Others were Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Mrs Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. Though they engaged in different activities, they had as a cardinal objective the unity of those brought together within the borders of the territory called Nigeria, regardless of ethnic, cultural and religious differences.

I urges all Oyo state and Oluyole state constituency Indigenes and residents to remain focus and be prayerful for the success of this administration....

Hon. Francis Adewale Adetunji
OYHA member, Representing Oluyole state constituency