Recent News and Events
OCF 8th Annual General Assembly Held November 18, 2009
- Welcome Address, Gen Popoola (rtd)- Chair of the Executive Board
I welcome you dearly and most sincerely to the 8th Annual General Assembly of our foundation. In welcoming you, I must let you know that the reports you are going to receive from different officials of the Foundation may not be encouraging because we had very few or far in between activities in the past year...Read More..
- Asiwaju Sunday Adewusi's Address at the Annual Assembly
Honour, glory and adoration to the Almighty God for making it possible and pleasant to be here again today for our anniversary. It was on Saturday, 11th October, 2008 we held our last Annual General Assembly under this roof, and here we are all gathered again to review our activities in the year and strategize towards contributing more and meaningfully to the growth and development of Ogbomosoland, the land of our birth, the land bequeathed to us by God through our progenitors (the five musketeers, the Aales, the Ohunsiles; the Orisatolus; the Akandes and the Ogunlolas). It is indeed gratifying to be with you once again at this forum. We are all alive today through the grace of God and what can we actually say unto HIM for the special grace than to say Thank You Lord. I therefore seize this opportunity to congratulate you for the special privilege and to pray for God’s continuous guidance and protection over you and all your loved ones... Read More ...
- Report of The OCF General Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Adebayo Oyegade
Praise be to God for granting us all His Grace to be here today for the 8th Annual General Assembly of the OCF. It is an honour and a priviledge for me to report to this august gathering the programmes and activities of the Foudnation within the last AGA specifically from Saturday, 11th October, 2008 till today, Saturday, 14th November, 2009...Read More ..
Ogbomoso Personalities in The News
- A Tribute to: Jokotoye Babalola by Christopher Agboola Ajao
Dr. Deacon Joseph Jokotoye Akinniyi Babalola, Alade Ogboo, a quintessential gentleman, had impeccable pedigree having descended from the Oyenekan dynasty of Ile-Otun, Oke Olola, Ogbomoso. Yoruba custom and tradition ordinarily would not have allowed me to call him by name, he being an Elder and a Senior to me at a “School” where seniority is all important. Therefore, I call him “Egbon Atata” a phrase coined by, and which I have borrowed from Professor E. A. Ayandele, hence the sub – title to this tribute “Egbon Atata”. More ..
- Professor Omotoye Olorode Delivers Lecture on Leadership
Omotoye Olorode of the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja. F.C.T. delivered an
Invited Paper on leadership presented on January 15, 2010 at the Ogbomoso Stakeholders’ Forum Lecture in Remembrance of the Assassination of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola on January 15, 1966. More..
- Taju Abdul-Raheem, Ogbomoso Son, is African of The Year
The late Nigerian activist, scholar, newspaper columnist, social campaigner and exemplary Pan Africanist Dr. Tajudeen Abdulraheem was last night named as the Daily Trust African of the Year for 2009. The choice was announced by the Advisory Board at a special dinner and award ceremony at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, which was attended by Mrs Winnie Madhkizela-Mandela and the Ghanaian Member of Parliament Mrs Samia Nkrumah, among other prominent guests. More..
Past Events
- Agric show in Orire Local Government. This will most likely be held in July / August 2007.
- Orthopedic surgery to connect deformities such as crooked legs. This will hold before the end of the year
- Career talk for secondary School students in Ogbomosoland. It is scheduled for the month of September 2007
- Annual General Assembly of the OCF is tentatively fixed for the first week in September 2007.
- New Executives for Ogbomoso Parapo Washington D.C (USA) Click to read
- International Professional Recognition for Dr Emmanuel Olarinde Click to read
- Airman First Class Alexander Adeleve: 2006 U.S. Air Force Material Command Bioenvironmental & Engineering Technician of the Year. Click to read
Ogbomoso Community Foundation becomes A School Management Organisation
Ogbomoso Community Foundation
successfully bidded as a school Management Organization (SMO)
under the Federal Ministry of Education
Public and Private PARTNERSHIP Initiative
in Education. OCF is new an SMO
for the Federal Government College,
Ogbomoso. As an SMO, OCF will ensure
that the objectives and goals of the
school are pursued with vigour.
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