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Senate resolves to honor late Olubadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, by dedicating Committee Room in his memory.
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Oba Balogun passed away on March 14, 2024, at age 81, after serving as Olubadan since March 11, 2022.
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Former senator from Oyo Central, Balogun chaired National Planning Committee and actively participated in various Senate committees.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that on Wednesday, the Senate decided to honor the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, by dedicating one of its Committee Rooms in his memory.
Oba Balogun passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at the University College Hospital in Ibadan at the age of 81, after a brief illness. He ascended the throne on March 11, 2022, and served as the Olubadan.
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Before his reign as Olubadan, Balogun served as a senator, representing Oyo Central senatorial District from 1999 to 2003. During his time in the Senate, he chaired the Committee on National Planning and was actively involved in various committees such as Appropriations, Security and Intelligence, Police Affairs, and Defence (Army).
The Senate’s resolution to immortalise him followed a motion sponsored by Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC Oyo South).
Alli, in his motion, informed the Senate that the late Olubadan was a leader par excellence, a community developer and a service-driven politician.
The attributes, he said, culminated into Balogun’s election as a senator between 1999 and 2003.
“The late Olubadan was a man of peace and custodian of the culture and values of the Yoruba people,” Alli added.
The two other senators from Oyo State, Yinus Akintunde (Oyo Central) and Addulfai Buhari (Oyo North), also contributed to the debate on the motion by informing the Senate about how the late monarch impacted positively the lives of those who came across him while alive.
Buhari said the book written by the late monarch, “Arrogance of Power,” given to him in 2003 when he won election into the House of Representatives had helped him a lot not to get disconnected from people who elected him into the National Assembly over the years.
The Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro (PDP Benue South), also eulogised the virtues of the late monarch in his contribution to the motion.
The Senate, after debates on the motion, adopted all the prayers sought as resolutions, one of which was to immortalise the late monarch by naming one of the Senate Committee Rooms after him.
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The Red Chamber also held a minute silence in honour of the late Olubadan.
In his remarks, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, urged Buhari to make available copies of “Arrogance of Power”, authored by the deceased to all senators to guide them aright at all times.
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