In Pictures: Bamidele Babatunde Becomes Mayegun Of Inisha…Oba Joseph Oyedele, IDU President, Others Speak Highly Of Him

Chairman / CEO of Glister Success Ltd, Engineer (Chief) Bamidele Babatunde was on Friday honoured with the chieftaincy title of  Mayegun of Inisha, Odo-Otin local government, Osun state.

His wife, Mrs. Christiana Babatunde,  has also become Yeye Mayegun of Inisha land.

Engineer  (Chief) Bamidele Babatunde , who is the Agbaakin of Igbeti and Babalaje of Ikoyi –Ile, is an indigene of Inisha, ditto his dutiful wife.

The Olunisha of Inishaland, Oba Joseph  Oladunjoye  Oyedele Fashikun ll, who presided over the installation ceremony at his palace, noted that the decision to honour the top businessman with the new title was in recognition of his contribution to the development and progress of the ancient town.

 Dignitaries later took turns to speak well of the new Mayegun of Inishaland, all of them had good things to say about him especially his being altruistic and not ‘publicizing’ or allowing a third party to know when he offers assistance to people.

Pastor Bayo Dahunsi ,  who is the President of Inisha Descendants Union, attended the event and noted that honouring Chief Bamidele with a chieftaincy title will motivate the young people to emulate him.

‘He gives and empowers people without publicizing it .  He is humble . I’m delighted to see that he’s being honoured today because such a good gesture by our king  will encourage  young Inisha indigenes  to emulate him’ he said.

Olunisha of Inishaland, Oba Joseph  Oladunjoye Oyedele Fashikun ll , who   commended Chief Bamidele Babatunde for his  altruistic acts, also   noted that he considers him as his son, recalling that his late father was his classmate  in 1948 adding that though  he later left, they  however again met at St Peters School.

Oba Joseph  Oladunjoye Oyedele, who became Inisha monarch in 1978, also disclosed  his famillial ties with the new Mayegun.

 ‘His mum hails from Olouode Sumokun. Compound the same household that my maternal grandmother hails from, so, this makes him my son. His paternal grandmother is my father’s relative. His maternal great-grandmother and her associates were in the same thrift association with my maternal grandmother at Sango’s compound. We’ve been together for a very long time. He’s my son,  his wife his equally my wife. The mutual relationship between Olu-Awo’s compound and my family compound is another one entirely. Those being honoured with chieftaincy titles today  are my relatives.

 I’m very familiar with Olu-Awo’s compound because I spent a good time   there. When I start schooling, I was staying with our teacher at Idi-Opele. That was  where I knew Tunji Oyelade’s maternal grandmother. Chief (late) Tunji Oyelade. Myself, Tunji Oyelade and  the father of the new Mayegun  were together at Idi-Opele. It  however took so long before I knew Tunji’s mother. It was his grandmother that I knew then because she treated me like his own son. The new chief is my son, in fact I’m the  one honouring myself with chieftaincy title . Time will not permit me to describe who our new Mayegun is. He was honoured with the chieftaincy title of Agba-Akin in Igbeti ,a few years ago. The then Onigbeti was my friend. I’ve been there (in Igbeti) like three times and there’s this young man who’s an indigene of Igbeti. He died about one and a half year ago. We were friends and he was my colleague at Oyekunle district school, Okuku. It was through him that myself and the then Onigbeti became close friends. After his (Onigbeti’s) demise, his successor even became intimate friend with me. Onigbeti’s successor also happened to be my elder brother’s friend. He  also married a lady from Okua.

Our new Mayegun has done some remarkable things  in our town since  preparations for this installation ceremony began. He is a good man and   he is a responsible son.

They call him ‘adawa’ I don’t know how he got  the nickname but he has done a lot  for this town.

 You will  notice that the  IDU chairman has been around since.

  I pray that  almighty  God rewards the new chief abundantly for the good things he has done for this town. May you  continue to record success in all that you do  and this shall be the beginning of great things in your life’ he said.

‘He is a member of our church  a prominent member of our church for that matter.

The church is elated  it has brought  honour to our church , we thank God for the privilege,  he is a man of peace it is not surprising therefore that his title  means  promoting and preaching  peace,  he is a perfect fit for such a role’ Venerable Ojelade Williams , who is the Archdeacon of  Inisha archdeaconry and Vicar of St Peters Anglican Church , Inisha,  also submitted while one of the guests Engineer Dauda Aremu Awojobi, not only congratulated Chief Babatunde on receiving the new title but also asserted that honoring him with such a title was a good decision.

 ‘It is a well –deserved honour  because this is a man that is actually serving God  and humanity, he gives freely  he works very hard and he doesn’t discriminate whether  you are a Muslim or  a Christian a Yoruba or any other tribe for that matter and his life has impacted positively on so many other lives .

       He started as a banker but today he is very well into mining and he  is doing very well and he  is an  employer of labour that is giving back to society and if you listen carefully to  what  the Olunisha said  he             acknowledged the  fact that he has done a lot for this community and I believe that this chieftaincy title  was in recognition of what he  has done in Inisha and beyond, He has done a lot  to help  people even in Lagos where he is based.

     If we have people like him in the private sector  and there is an enabling environment for  them to operate ,the country will benefit from such  with regard to unemployment as it will be reduced drastically.

 We need people like him  he is creative, he  is determined, he does not fear challenges, as it comes  he is always prepared to weather the storm and we thank God that he has been recording successes.

His community has recognized him and I pray that God will continue to prosper him.

 I am happy to be here , actually we have been friends for the past 15years now   and the relationship  has been excellent, it has also  been  mutually  beneficial.

 Today is a day to remember and I thank God that he invited me and I honoured his invitation’ Engineer Dauda Aremu Awojobi added.

The new Mayegun of Inisha land is the CEO of Glister Success Ltd, a solid mineral resources exploration company.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Glister Success Ltd was the company that pioneered the production of micronized calcium carbonate for high precision industrial applications in the country, it also began the production of high grade coated calcium carbonate for cable metal and plastic pipes industries in 2012 which was the first in West Africa.

The products were imported into the country prior to the company’s foray into it. That singular innovation had then resulted in the reduction of the country’s forex expenditure by 20 per cent on imported caco3-Team@orientactualmags.com
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