Mr. President, Distinguished Colleagues,
I am Otunba Engr Gbenga Daniel, representing Ogun East Senatorial District. The only Province out of the 27 provinces created by the Colonialists about 100 years ago, that is yet to be created as a State.
Today, we gather to pay our last respects to an icon, a leader, and a conscience of the Nigerian nation—Pa Ayo Adebanjo. His passage is not just the loss of a man, but the flipping of an exciting Page and the closing of a remarkable chapter in Nigeria’s socio-political history.
Pa Adebanjo was a man of deep convictions, a principled leader who never wavered in his pursuit of justice, equity, and the ideals of good governance. His commitment to the ‘Life More Abundant’ credo of our late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo defined the content and characters of his politics and activism.
One cannot but recall the major roll he played during the NADECO struggle.