IBARAPA UPDATE: IGBOORA LOSES NYSC SON IN MOTOR ACCIDENT

Sunday 13 November 2011

IGBOORA LOSES NYSC SON IN MOTOR ACCIDENT

The sleepy community of Igboora, Ibarapa Central Local government on 6th October, 2011 was woken as the news of the death of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member and male indigene of the town hit the community.

IBARAPA UPDATE gathered that the deceased Adewole Kabiru, a 29 years old Higher National Diploma (HND) graduate of marketing from the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun state was serving his nation as a NYSC Cop in Jos, Plateau state.

According to the father of the deceased, Sikirulai Adewole said Kabiru left his service station because of the Jos crisis but was required of his boss to be coming every month to sign his allowance voucher.

“On his way, we heard a trailer broke down, but after being repair it spitted diesel oil on the road and it was the spilled diesel oil that slipped the bus in which Kabiru was a passenger and eventually caused the accident that claimed my son’s life”, he added.

Lamenting on the lost, Adewole called on the federal government to allow graduates to serve in their states or region, near to their location to reduce the lost promising youths to auto crash, saying the government is lagging behind in provision of good road network which is the major cause of road accidents.

“If provisions are made for buses, cars and big vehicles like trailers to travel on separate route, this would not have happened and there will be less issues of road accident.

“Now, we have no power nor know any federal government official and our hope man to liberate us is taken. All we can do is to trust in God and only if the government have mercy on us to rescue our situation”, he added.

The late Adewole Kabiru attended Methodist primary school and Igboja High School both in Igboora, before he proceed to the polytechnic of Ibadan, Adeseun Ogundoyin campus, Eruwa for his National Diploma and finally graduated at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun state in 2010.

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UPDATING WITH OJEBOLA, MATTHEW OPEOLUWA

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Chinua Achiebe wrote thing fall apart but to our best of knowledge without exaggerating situations, things are not only apart in Ibarapa but rather down to the earth. Let us leave alone arguments but face realities, from Igangan, highlight at Tapa, take a critical look at Ayete, a glance of Idere is enough, take pain to walk through Igboora, come down to Eruwa, and finally, view the length and breadth of Lanlate.

Wait a bit, take a deep breath, cast back your mind to the great records of Ibarapa land, make a contrast with the present disunity and answer this question- How far have we gone?

Where is the value we attribute to our character and integrity that secured the Ibarapa’s councilor seat to the late Chief Mokolade Gbolagunte an independent candidate against the late Akinyemi Senior of the famous Action Group (AG) political party? We have lost it to money politics, connection to party leadership, godfatherism and hegemonic faction or clique.

History recorded that Ibarapa people believe, the only thing that stimulates the heart is education and the same determines the kind of society they want to build. But now, education suddenly turns to taboo to our youths while parents fold their arms or even snoring, watching education shifting from bad to worst like the abnormal curve of economics.

Principals testify in churches and mosques when a student out of eighty had five credits, while a child that goes home with two credits in Yoruba and one other subject eat the fattest piece of meat in the family’s pot. We are celebrating failure, yet we fast and pray for all to be well.

The social world is absorbent, Baba Ijebu becomes the escape route for the jobless youths and the starving elders. Teenage pregnancy increase rapidly; we still spend lavishly, celebrating the arrival of the sinless baby to an unspeakable suffering.

Where can will go for rescue? Mosque is under lock over leadership tussle, we are not certain of what is obtainable in churches, traditionalists cannot say much truth for belly sake.

We changed government but the corrupt system remain firm. Trust in the traditional rulers is dying over political and personal interest. What can will do to restore this lost glory? Becomes a hard riddle to solve.

A stitch in time safes nine is the chorus we need to sing to the ears of our political, traditional and religious leaders in Ibarapaland. Our parents cannot be left out of this transformation campaign because charity beings at home. Let us also sing same song to all Ibarapa youths from the East, Central to North, even to those in Diaspora`.

If the land goes on with its glory dwindling, it is our fault. Likewise the greatness it is yours and mine responsibility. Its time for all sons and daughter of the soil to arise and contribute his/her quota to lift up Ibarapaland and make our people prosperous again. Let make OUR PEOPLE OUR DEVELOPMENT the watchword.