……..AS ONDO NULGE REMEMBERS LATE AYO OMOREGIE
BY TINA OKINEDO
The need for Nigerians to consciously demonstrate willingness to resolve numerous security challenges have once again taken the center stage of discussion at the 4th Comrade Ayo Omoregie annual memorial lecture in Akure.
The lecture titled: National Security as determinant of Economic Progress, Trends and Implications in Contemporary Nigeria organized by the Nigeria union of local government employees NULGE, Ondo state gave participants the opportunity to brainstorm and create awareness on the need to be security conscious at all times
Delivering the lecture, Acting head of department of history and international studies Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Dr Adedayo Afe stressed that regardless of government effort at enlarging the economy of the nation insecurity must be tackled headlong
In a speech, NULGE President in ondo state, Comrade Taiwo Bola thanked the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his Southwest counterparts for birthing the idea of amotekun in finding solution to security challenges in the Southwest.
Earlier In an opening address, chairman Akure south local government area, Mr Gbenga Olaniyi appreciated the life and times of late Comrade omoregie decribing him as a man who stood for justice and welfare of workers
While appreciating nulge for Honoring her late husband, Mrs mojisola omoregie said late ayo omoregie impacted meaningfully on local government service in Ondo state.
She charged workers to always contribute meaningfully to the development of the nation regardless of whatever position they occupied.
Highpoint of the occasion included the presentation of scholarship to fourteen indigent students till they graduate from secondary school.
Late ayo omoregie was one time the president of NULGE in ondo state and died in 2017.