By Akinwale Kasali
The auditorium of the Police Wives Association Hall at GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, was filled to capacity, with notable guests in the society defying the traffic snarl and gridlock in the State to felicitate with the International Association of Lions Club, Ota Diamond Lions Club District, as it inaugurated Mrs. Temilade Adeyosoye Amadi, as it’s 19th President and the third female president of the club.
It was a carnival of sort. The receptiveness that greeted the incoming President was fascinating. The uniformity in terms of attire was worthwhile, as guests and Members had a lot to wine and dine with.
Lion Amadi became the third woman in the history of Ota Diamond Lions Club to become the President of the International Club, which the Club executives and members said was well deserved for her selfless service to the Club and humanity at large.
Lion Amadi is serving in the capacity as the President of the club for the 2019/2020.
Passing the mantle of leadership of the Club to Lion Amadi, the immediate Past President of the Club, Lion Opeyemi Omotayo Akinnola thanked the Club for giving him the opportunity to serve and lead.
He charged Lion Amadi to continue from where he stopped, and shouldn’t rest on her oars.
He reiterated that the incoming President should uphold the tenets of Club and further surpass him in developmental strides.
In her acceptance speech, Lion Amadi thanked her predecessor and the members, promising to further make the community a better place to live by showing love to the needy, underprivileged and service to humanity.
She added that she is poised in making the impact of the Club felt better and more in the Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.
“In my reign as President of the Club, we will give Public Primary Schools within this area breakfast. Though, we know the Federal Government Public Primary School Feeding Programmes is ongoing, which is Lunch, but we will provide them with breakfast.
“Reason for this is that most children don’t eat from home in the morning because they are always in haste to get to school and to be on the Assembly ground. So, we want to give them breakfast to ease the pressure on their parents”, Lion Amadi concluded.
