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OONI OF IFE INAUGURATES EBURU, ADEBORUWA, OTHER MONARCHS, TO ADDRESS TRUANCY, OUT-OF-SCHOOL SYNDROME IN SOUTH-WEST. | Shakiru Seidu. ...Says Foundation is aimed at Overall Success of School Children.

The Ooni of Ife, Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has inaugurated a foundation for traditional rulers’ intervention in truancy prevention, school enrollment and engagement.

The Foundation is said to aim at combating the Out-of-School menace in South-West Nigeria, with the addition of Kogi and Kwara States. And it's part of Ooni of Ife's 50th Birthday Anniversary.

The foundation, headed by Eburu of Iba, HRM Oba Adekunle Adeogun-Okunoye, has other traditional rulers across the six South-West States, Kogi and Kwara States inclusive. They are Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom (Lagos State), Onigogo of Igogo (Ekiti State), Larooka of Wanikkin Ife (Osun State), Olukotun of Ikotun-Ile (Kwara State), Oloba-Uso of Oba-Uso (Ondo State), Onpetu of Ijeru (Oyo State) and the Olujumu of Ijumu (Kogi State). While Ooni’s Director of media and public affairs, Moses Olafare, will serve as Deputy Secretary of the Foundation.

Addressing the Committee Members, Ooni said the innovative programme will enable the traditional institution to harness the opportunity provided by the established traditional structure to work with the school systems to prevent and control truancy, increase school enrollment and bring all stakeholders together for the overall success of school children.

Speaking with MegaXpression Correspondence, Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, from Lagos State, applauded Ooni's initiative, stating that Oba Adeyeye had put in place the foundation for the fulfilment of his quest to ensure that the traditional institutions in Nigeria and Yoruba States in Nigeria particularly, work for the masses by complementing government’s efforts in curbing truancy and out-of-school syndrome in the society.

“We have been saddled with the responsibility of implementing a programme for traditional rulers’ intervention on truancy prevention, school enrollment and engagement, Adeboruwa said.

Meanwhile, the Eburu of Iba and Chairman of the Foundation, HRM Oba Adekunle Adeogun-Okunoye, explained that Ooni had premised the programme on the on-going agitation of the traditional rulers for a constitutional role and the persistent efforts of traditional rulers to work with the government in addressing challenges, especially those that directly affect youths and girls.

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