Photos: Ooni At Silicon Valley, Bank Of America, Canvases Support For Nigerians And Africa
By: HighCelebritySquard
The Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye
Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II last week held talks with major business structures in
the State of California with a mission to woo them for the economic advancement
of Nigeria and Africa at large.
The Foremost African monarch who was in California
on a week working visit began the activities of his visit with a business
interactive session with the State government officials and major stakeholders
of Silicon Valley at the Senate chamber of the Capitol in Sacramento, CA
co-hosted by Silicon Valley Nigeria Economic Development SV-NED Inc and African
Technology Foundation Mr Stephen Ozoigbo.
Presenting the visiting Ooni and entourage including
some Yoruba notable Traditional Rulers at the meeting attended by representatives
of Stanford University, Cisco, IBM, Tesla Motors Intel and some private
investors, the CEO of Silicon Valley
NED, Chief Temitope Ajayi
described him as an uncommon leader who pays little attention to his fame but
more focused on the unification and economic progress of Yoruba race, Nigeria
and Africa as a whole.
"Fame and fortune is just an illusion it's not
the solution. The legacy is what we want to be remembered for. We should focus
more on the economic development of our people. That is why he is here to
bridge the economic link between Silicon Valley and the Kingdom of Ife through
ecosystem. We need your help in Africa. There is so much intellectual
properties in Africa, there's so much human resources, first class brains, all
we need is your help to tap them".
"I decided to bring my father here because of
his passion for development especially in Agriculture and youth development.
There is something peculiar about him,
he is our number one monarch in Yorubaland. I always see him with millions of
people, widows today, youths tomorrow, less privileged children next day He is
indeed for the masses". Temitope Ajayi said.
The Ajero of Ijero-Ekiti, HRM Oba Joseph Adewole
urged California government to support Nigeria with the establishment of small
units of solar energy to take care of local communities.
In his speech, the Co-Chairman of Nigeria Council of
Traditional Rulers explained the importance of State of California as the sixth
biggest economy in the world with the Silicon Valley which is the 8th
technology wonder of the world as reason for his visit aimed at strengthening
the capacity of the youth and economic development of the African continent.
"We see California as the American most
populous state and the World's sixth largest economy.
We can't just sit back at home to see our people
suffering. We must reach out to the super economies like you".
"Africa is greatly endowed with potentials,
Nigeria is the nucleus of the continent while Yoruba region is the economic
center of Nigeria and as the Spiritual leader of Yorubaland, I have decided to
mobilise my brother kings for an economic revolution that will meaningfully
utilize our untapped resources especially human capital".
"There is a
paradigm shift in Africa and Nigeria being the most populous if we don't
get it right, the entire Africa may not get it right".
"That's why we have come here to seek your
collaboration in helping our teeming population most of whom are youths capable
of being great human capital assets if well productively empowered through
Agriculture, Science and technology so that their generation will not be
wasted".
"The government is there on our behalf and we
support them"
"We have bountiful natural resources that we
can bring to the table to benefit CA for a mutual benefit relationship, we grow
so many things that are not here and we want to focus on organic products"
Ooni explained.
The Silicon Valley business session was on Wednesday
15th November 2017 followed by a Business Round Table With Ooni organized by
HAPA Awards Group at Woodland Hills, CA anchored by John Lasko.
Also at the Bank of America(Merrill Lynch) on
Friday, the Ooni received an Executive of Merrill Lynch; which is a subsidiary
of Bank of America and one of the biggest wealth management firms in the world
wanted the bank to always make African African friendly policies.
The king who was officially introduced by Mr Tosin
Abraham Carons, a Nigerian who works with the bank as a financial advisor
expressed great delight for the top notching roles the black people play in the
Management of the Merrill Lynch organization.
"While you
are here, please remember your fellow Africans who also have the
potentials but no opportunity.
Am so happy to be here and am particular delighted
that you can be occupying such an exalted position at this world renowned big
financial institution.
I can see in you the joy of origination which is the
greatest joy. When you get connected to your root from where you have been
disconnected long ago, it is naturally a day of great joy". Ooni said.
Abraham Carons in his emotional speech said the
visit of Ooni is a major impact in his life as he truly felt spiritually
connected with the home continent Africa. He told the monarch that apart from
him, there are also several other black Americans, Africans and Nigerians
working with the bank. He promised to always make the Nigeria and African
people proud.
"Your Majesty, you got, you really got it, I
can't even tell you the emotions passing through us right now, it is a great spiritual connection with our ancestral
home. We love you for your selfless service of connecting the mother continent
Africa to the African Americans and other black people around the world".
Abraham Carons said.
Photos: Ooni At Silicon Valley, Bank Of America, Canvases Support For Nigerians And Africa
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