A whole bunch of Ondo Metropolis youths, contributing as little as ₦1,000 every, funded a grand birthday celebration for veteran labour chief Joseph Akinlaja on June 1, with no monetary enter from the person himself.
Akinlaja served as Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), based in 1978 as Nigeria’s principal employees’ federation. He stated he found the plans solely after receiving calls from company who had noticed promotional billboards across the metropolis.
The occasion at Adoc Occasions Centre drew former Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko and the state Home of Meeting Speaker, Olamide Oladiji. Particular person contributions from youth organizers ranged from ₦1,000 to ₦5,000, with some donors giving drinks and a cow somewhat than money. 5 musicians carried out for a number of hours at no cost.
“That is phenomenal, and I don’t take this gesture as a right,” Akinlaja stated.
The event additionally broke a sample. The labour veteran celebrates publicly solely at decade milestones, along with his seventieth held throughout Abuja and Ondo. At 76, the Ondo youth collective made the exception for him.
Akinlaja stated he plans to maintain encouraging younger folks to pursue work in agriculture, monetary know-how, sports activities and analysis, urging them to remain inside the legislation and channel their power productively.
