Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has felicitated with Elderstatesman and foremost Yoruba leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti on his 94th birthday.
In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mr Laolu Akande, the Vice President notes that being a part of the founding of the Action Group alongside late sage Pa Obafemi Awolowo, the Unity Party of Nigeria and the Alliance for Democracy, Papa has been in the forefront of propagating the idea, strategies and programmes which recognize that the Nigerian person is the nation’s most important resource.
According to Vice President Osinbajo, Papa was not merely involved in formulating ideas and strategies, he also played the practical role of working out, how these egalitarian programmes were to be paid for when he served most creditably as Commissioner for Finance in the Government of Papa Ajasin, in the old Ondo State.
He stated further that Papa Reuben Fasoranti in all these years, through thick and thin, in tragedy and victory, has not only maintained his calm but has also sustained his integrity and commitment to the Yoruba race and the nation.
To this end, he declared full support to the plan to the establishment of the Reuben Fasoranti Centre for the Advancement of Democracy to preserve his legacy.
The Vice President prayed that Pa Fasoranti will live longer in excellent health, peace and joy, and that the Nigeria of his dreams will emerge.
Modupe Arotolu
