OCTOBER 24 every year is significant to members of the Inner Wheel Club Nigeria (IWC), Onigbongbo. It is the day the club was chartered in 1983. But this year’s is more significant. It marks the 36th anniversary of the club.
The event, which held at Starland Vocational Centre, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, was attended by many members of the association. The District 911 Chairman (DC) Adejumoke Anike Odulaja’s presence at the ceremony added colour to it.
Past District Chairman, Lanre Olomofe, who was described as the doyen of the club, said the club had come a long way. ”Three decades is by no means a joke or a short journey. We thank God for bringing us to this point. The club is now senior to many in the district,” she said.
She recalled their good old days with their husbands in Rotary Club. “Our husbands really wanted unity,” she added. She paid tribute to the first president of the club, Mrs. Funmi Thompson, asking all to observe a minute silence in honour of the late leader and other departed members of the group.
Its President Abimbola Benson listed some of the projects being executed by the association as: a building for a blind man at Idafa-Maya, Ikorodu, Lagos, an over-10 year sponsorship of two indigent students, Samuel and Hannah Ajayi, its health programme, which includes cervical and breast cancer screening.
At the event, she said three widows and two indigent women would be empowered. The widows were Mrs. Christiana Owaseye, Alhaja Mufuliyat Ajibola and Mrs. Fasilat Olaniyan while the indigent were Mrs. Kudirat Ayinde and Mrs. Fausat Adeyemi. They received cash to start businesses.
She thanked members for their commitment over the years, adding that they have made her proud.
Mrs. Odulaja, who started with the song: ”My life time. I will give God my life…” said she was glad because ”Onigbogbo Club is 36. I am also the 36th District Chairman.” She said clubs are the ambassadors of the district as they carry its image, adding that strong clubs make a strong district. She thanked the members for their steadfastness and contributions.
”You have done so well,” she said, urging them to bring more members.
Specifically, she praised Benson for her hard work and Olomofe for the use of her facility for the club’s activities and support over the years. She decorated Benson as an Ambassador of IWC with a charge: ”Go out and continue to project the image of 911.”
At the event, Adeyemi Johnson, a PDC, Funmi Ajose, a Deputy National Representative (DNR), Dr Bimbo Sowande, Past National Representative (PNR), Osenike Ajadi, PNR, Dupe Oyedutan, chair, extension service, Meg Adegoke, District Secretary, Kemi Akintilo, president, INW, Gbagada, her Surulere counterpart Remi Onafuye, among others.
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