{"id":4062,"date":"2025-05-13T08:12:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2025-05-13T08:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:12:53","slug":"nigeria-will-be-great-says-pa-fasoranti-at-99th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/nigeria-will-be-great-says-pa-fasoranti-at-99th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria will be great, says Pa Fasoranti at 99th birthday\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Our Reporter<\/div>\n
The Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti has declared that Nigeria will be great and will soon become a country that everyone would be proud of.<\/div>\n
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According to the National Publicity Secretary of the organization, Comrade Jare Ajayi, the nonagenarian stated this in the course of celebrating his 99th birthday in Akure at the weekend.<\/div>\n
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The ceremony held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure and in the nonagenarian\u2019s home, both in Akure, capital of Ondo State.<\/div>\n
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Expressing gratitude to the Almighty God for sparing his life thus far, Fasoranti said that although Nigeria might have missed opportunities to develop in the past, \u201chope is very much alive now that the country is on the path to progress and greatness.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The Asiwaju of Yoruba went further to say that his optimism about Nigeria\u2019s future was based on inspiration and \u201cthe steps being taken by the present administration under President Ahmed Bola Tinubu… When Asiwaju Tinubu came to me to express his desire to run for the presidency of Nigeria, I prayed to the Almighty and I got a nod that the prayer would be answered. We continue to give glory and adoration to the Supreme Being for answering our prayers.\u201d<\/div>\n
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He added that his declaration that Nigeria is poised for greatness soonest was based on the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu, the policies being implemented and the vision that Tinubu has and is pursuing with vigour.<\/div>\n
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Fasoranti also based his optimism on Nigeria\u2019s greatness on the abundant talents and resources with which \u201cour dear country is blessed and the creativity cum prowess that the Almighty God endows us with.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Ajayi also quoted the Afenifere leader as stating that Yoruba race will continue to forge ahead. He urged the Yorubas not to relent because they remain the beacon for Africa\u2026. \u201cThe future is very bright for the Yorubas as they are increasingly becoming conscious of the historic roles they are to play in the emancipation of the black race\u201d.<\/div>\n
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The elder statesman turned 99 on Sunday, May 11, 2025 and a lecture was held in his honour at the Muti-Purpose Auditorium of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA) on Saturday.<\/div>\n
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The lecture was delivered by former Ogun State Governor who is also representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Gbenga Daniel.<\/div>\n
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The title of the lecture was \u2018A Strong and United Yoruba Race as Panacea for Reviving Vanishing Yoruba Values and Culture.\u2019<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  By Our Reporter The Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti has declared that Nigeria will be great and will soon become a country that everyone would be proud of. According to the National Publicity Secretary of the organization, Comrade Jare Ajayi, the nonagenarian stated this in the course of celebrating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[48,1328,2609,2608,2610],"class_list":["post-4062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-opinion","tag-celebration","tag-declared","tag-emancipation","tag-nonagenarian","tag-prediction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4064,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions\/4064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}