By Richard Akintade, Osogbo
For his immense contributions to the advancement of Islam and humanity, the United Imams and Khateeb of Jumat Mosques in Irewole Local Government has bestowed on Osun Finance Commissioner, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, the Islamic Lifetime Achievement Award.
The programme also witnessed a Quranic Memorisation Prize giving ceremony as well as a fund raising event for an Islamic hospital to be built in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State.
Dignitaries at the well attended programme, included Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji, House of Assembly members, Chairma Osun State the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Gboyega Famodun, Royal fathers led by the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abdulrashed Ayotunde Olabomi among others.
Giving his address at the event, Governor Oyetola described the Finance Commissioner as fine individual who deserves all the honour and accolades he is getting from every angle.
The Governor explained that Mr Oyebamiji is someone he has known to be religious, God fearing and with the love and affection of fellow humans at heart at all times.
According to the Governor: “I have never met such a loyal man as Bola Oyebamiji, he is God fearing and a lover of his fellow humans. I am glad to be associated with him at all times because he is a good example of a God fearing man.
“I am not surprised that he is the way he is in his town, I am not surprised that he is getting all the love he is getting today, I am so proud of him and I have never for one day regretted working with him as a cabinet member.
Decorating Mr Oyebamiji, Alhaji Imam Basiru Balogun said Mr Oyebamiji who is also the Balogun Musulumi of Irewole, Ayedaade Isokan Local Governments is well deserving of the honour for his numerous contributions to the course of Islam and humanity.
He described Mr Bola Oyebamiji as a blessing to humanity and to the growth of Islam especially in the whole of Irewole, Ayedaade, Isokan Federal Constituency, stressing that his contributions to the growth of the religion and his philanthropic gestures is unprecedented.
He said: “Oyebamiji is someone we are blessed to have in our midst, his legacies as a person has continued to be a source of blessing to Islam and the entire Muslim Ummah while also using his life as an individual to reverberate and manifest the teachings of almighty Allah.
“Mr Oyebamiji’s generosity and humanitarian actions is second to none, he builds mosques in every nook and cranny of the federal constituency and his intervention in the life of the vulnerable by providing relief packages to them and the Muslim Ummah in general is highly commendable.”
Speaking shortly after receiving the award, Oyebamiji thanked the clerics for the honour done him, noting that it is a challenge for him to do more in the service of Almighty Allah and humanity.
He said he still asks himself what qualified him for the award because all he has been doing is to the service of Almighty Allah and humanity.
In his words: “This event, came to me as a surprise. For me, I am still questioning myself as to what qualified me to be awarded the Life-time Achievement Award by the respected United Imams and Khateeb of Irewole Local Government Area.
“I said this because, whatever I am doing that made you noticed me, was never for any purpose other than for Allah Subuanalahi Tahala. I learnt early in life that it is for only Allah (SWT) that we exist, and therefore, we must continue to do everything, under His permission, for him alone,” he stated.
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