The Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, has warned politicians that the legacy left behind by the late Premier of the old Western Region and founder of the Unity Party of Nigeria, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is not for sale and cannot be bought.
He said the legacy was borne out of the late sage’s selflessness and sacrifice to make life more abundant for his people.
Bakare said if not for Papa Awolowo’s free education programme, he would have ended up as a carpenter.
He said, “If not for Awolowo’s free education, I won’t be here tonight. I am standing on the legacy of Awolowo. This legacy is not for sale. Due to lack of fund, I had been withdrawn from school, and I was already an apprentice at a carpentry shop.
“Then when Chief Obafemi Awolowo introduced the free education programme in the Western Region, a teacher who taught me in the primary school, and appreciated my brilliance came looking for me and took me back to school.”
The cleric said from all the interactions he had with the late HID Awolowo while alive, he never heard any bad or hate word from HID against anyone.
Quoting from Malachi 3:16-18, he urged family members and others at the service, to fear God and avoid idle words, “because God will judge every idle word.”
He described the late HID Awolowo as a jewel of God, whose life was spared from deterioration, adding that she had fought a good fight and finished her course.
Bakare urged the family members left behind by Mama and Papa Awolowo to keep their parents’ legacy alive.
The service was attended by the wife of the vice- president who is a grandchild of HID Awolowo, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo; wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, and Chief Olanihun Ajayi .
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