Osinbajo Advocates for Education and Innovation in Ikenne

On October 23, 2026, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, a former Vice-President and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, delivered a lecture titled “Ikenne, a Small Town, a Great Inheritance and an Even Greater Future” at Ikenne Remo. He commemorated the 50th Ereke Day anniversary organized by the Ikenne Development Association.

Osinbajo hailed the visionary leadership of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, urging the community to learn from his legacy by investing in education, innovation, and development initiatives. He proposed a 10-year development blueprint, the Ikenne 2036 Plan, aimed at establishing Ikenne as a center of technological innovation in Africa.

Osinbajo highlighted Awolowo's free and compulsory education policy, which significantly increased school enrollment in the Western Region, with nearly one million children in school by 1959 and 41% of the regional budget allocated to education. He emphasized that a community's size should not limit its ambition or influence on national development.