The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday sent a belated message to the family of Oluwole Isaac Adetiran who is the composer of NYSC’s national anthem, 69 days after his passing.
Venerable Adetiran who was an accomplished musicologist, had kicked the bucket on the 6th of May, 2022 at the age of 75.
He composed the NYSC anthem, “Youths Obey the Clarion Call,” in 1984 while serving as a Corps member at the Polytechnic of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
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However, Buhari, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina on Thursday condoled with the Adetiran family, their friends and associates on the passage of an accomplished musicologist.
The President urged the family to take solace in the quality of life lived by the departed, having left his footprints on the sands of time as composer of the NYSC Anthem, sung round the country, and inspiring innumerable youths. Buhari had also prayed to God to rest the soul of the former Head, Department of Music, The Polytechnic, Ibadan; Director of Music, Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, and holder of the Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) National Award.
He charged the younger generation to learn lessons from the devotion of the departed to both secular and spiritual things, and excelling in all.
President Muhammadu Buhari has also congratulated the Chairman of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lanre Arogundade, on his 60th birthday while hailing his efforts at promoting journalism.
Arogundade who is an educator, was formerly President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).
The President hailed his relentless efforts in promoting press freedom, democratic principles, and increased transparency during election processes. The Nigerian leader also reiterated that he recognizes the important role IPC plays in ensuring that journalists and other media workers perform their legitimate duties.
Buhari had also urged Arogundade to do more to ensure that the tenets and ethics of the profession are upheld as Nigeria and other West African countries prepare for elections.
