ALL is set for the launch of the Alli-Balogun Memorial Foundation in Lagos today.
The Alli-Balogun Dynasty will also hold a 90th-anniversary special prayer session to celebrate the passage of its progenitor, Sheikh Makanjuola Alli-Balogun.
Popularly known as Alli Oloko, he died on July 13, 1933, aged 103.
The celebration of life and times of the legend whose wealth traversed generations will hold at the Yoruba Tennis Club, Onikan, at 11 am.
A statement by his great-great grandchildren, Alhaja Lateefah Yoyinsola Aderemi-Makanjuola and Dr. Gbolahan Alli-Balogun said the launch of the Foundation and the 90th-anniversary remembrance are to honour the legacy of a man whose name has continued to resonate in Lagos and beyond, having touched so many lives in his lifetime, even after 90 years of his transition.
The statement noted that the Alli-Balogun Residuary Trust Fund is being rebranded as the Alli-Balogun Memorial Foundation, drawing from his life of service and philanthropy; and by extension reflecting his passion and reflexes on societal matters.
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The statement said the Foundation will focus on three interventions: education, community service and inter-religious harmony.
The Foundation will also organise an annual memorial lecture to be led by scholars of national and international recognition.
Reputed to be one of the wealthiest Lagosians of his era, the legendary Alli-Balogun was also deeply religious.
His Mosque, Alli-Oloko Wasinmi Mosque, a stone’s throw from the Central Mosque on Victoria Street, now Nnamdi Azikiwe Street on Lagos Island, considered a Lagos monument, is an architectural masterpiece, built at a cost of £10,000; which he commissioned in 1925 and handed out to the Lagos Community, is still standing tall having stood the test of time.
Alli-Balogun also channelled his resources into supporting the Lagos Central Mosque as well as other mosques in Lagos and Ejirin.
He funded native institutions like the Glover Memorial Hall, the Industrial and Commercial Bank, the Young Ansar-Ud-Deen Schools and many others.
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