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Do You Know What Obafemi Awolowo’s Family Is Planning To Do For Him On His Birthday?

Obafemi Awolowo Foundation

The 28th posthumous birthday of the Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, has been announced.
Awolowo’s Family Make Posthumous Birthday Preparations

According to the Tribune, the celebration will hold on Friday at the family chapel, Ikenne residence of the Awolowos, by 9.00 a.m.

Chief Awolowo, who was born on March 6, 1909, transited to the great beyond on May 7, 1987.

Friends and political associates will join the family in celebrating the great icon of Nigeria in a communion and thanksgiving service.

Awolowo, still revered and remembered for his remarkable integrity, ardent nationalism, principled and virile opposition, and dogged federalistic convictions, boasting of political influence that waxes stronger, years after his demise.

As part of events to commemorate the day, former president, Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, will receive the 2014 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership.

This event, on the auspices of The Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, will have in attendance key personalities in Africa and the world at large.

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