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Lafogido Heritage Foundation, on Friday provided public school children in Ile-ife, Osun State, with educational supports, like books, uniforms and digital learning tools, to build the children skillfully and prepare them well for the future.
Speaking during the event, the president and Coordinator of the foundation, Prince Adeyemi Ademiluyi, added that, the group is equally committed to give them vocational training programmes and establishing skill acquisition centers for them,to learn tailoring, crafts, and digital literacy.
Ademiluyi, who noted that the foundation started in 2023 in memory of his late father, said the focus was to ensure that young people can develop their talents and skills.
He said, “We are here to celebrate our future generation. The participants are from nursery, primary, and secondary schools. We are building these children skillfully so that they can become the future.
“This programme is thrown open to all the public primary and secondary schools and also the children in Lafogido community in Ile-Ife.
“As a foundation, we are doing this to ensure that our young ones would be able to develop their talents and skills and also carry the lineage of the Yoruba line.
“The foundation started in 2023 in memory of my late father, Prince Ademakinwa Ademiluyi, who passed on in 1993. During his lifetime, his passion was always to see Ife grow. That is why I imbibe that, “he stressed.
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Other programmes in the pipelines according to him, were, health care outreach like, organizing medical checkups and health awareness campaigns for vulnerable community members and cultural tourism promotion, showcasing the Lafogido lineage and traditions to encourage tourism in the state and across the country.
” We believe that our cultural heritage holds solutions to contemporary challenges and offers a foundation for growth and unity in today’s world. The Lafogido foundation remains dedicated to the richness of Ile-ife traditions while building a brighter future for generations to come, ” he concluded.
The chairman of the occasion, Muyiwa Omisade, in his remarks, urged well-to-do Nigerians to give back to their communities.
While lauding the foundation for the gesture, he advised people not to leave the development of the society to government and traditional rulers alone.
Omisade said, “This is a very good programme. When you are blessed, you have to extend the blessings to others, especially the less privileged.
“What the founder of this foundation is doing is very laudable. This will help his community to develop. Other well-to-do people should also get involved in the development of their communities.
“We can not leave everything to the state government and our traditional rulers. This programme has shown the importance of investing in education.”
