Friday, June 10, 2022

Three Osun-Based Writers To Headline Read Nigeria Project In Osogbo

 

THREE OSUN-BASED WRITERS TO HEADLINE READ NIGERIA PROJECT IN OSOGBO

 


Read Nigeria Project, a nationwide chain of reading events administered by Adwinsa Publications (Gh) Ltd has set aside Saturday 18th day of June, 2022 to host three Osun-based writers, Babatunde Abdulhakim Adekunle, Abdulazeez Suliyat Boluwatife and Olaonipekun Olatunde in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State.

 

A statement issued by the Coordinator  and Secretary of the club, Grace Godwin and Ahmed Aishat said the second phase of the sensitization reading would take place at No 20, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ibuaje Micro  Finance Bank Building, Pepsi Cola, Area Osogbo, Osun State by 12PM prompt.

 

Read Nigeria Project is a project devoted for readers and lovers of books across Nigeria to celebrate and honour some selected important personalities who have contributed meaningfully to the learning and reading culture of the country.

 

The project also hopes to promote book reading through different events like book bee, quiz contests and other mediums across the country irrespective of tribe, color, sect, age, religion and gender.

 

Adwinsa Publications was established in March of 1977 in Madina, a suburb of Accra, the capital of Ghana in West Africa. The young business at the time began in the CEO’s house. During the late 1980’s Adwinsa went from a small location to Accra Newtown, also in the Capital City. During this time we also embraced “desktop publishing” (which was also an industry in its infancy) as well as commercial offset printing. From the year 2000 to 2014, we have added multiple high speed printing machines that propelled us into a new level of high-quality offset printing. We also built and expanded our services by putting up an office complex in Agbobga in Accra, Ghana.

 

The publishing firm is considered experts in Junior and Senior High school syllabus based text books in Ghana. The firm focuses on books for the Basic, secondary and tertiary institutions that have been largely acknowledged locally by students, parents, governments and the international community. As a family-owned company, one of Adwinsa Publications’ strengths is its focus on the family and its desire to see families succeed in education, especially in the long term development of every child in the family.

 

MEET OUR GUEST WRITERS

 

BABATUNDE ABDULHAKIM ADEKUNLE

 

Babatunde Abdulhakim Adekunle is a student of the University of Ibadan. He is studying Education and English. 

 

Abdulhakim is a content creator, Motivational writer, poet. He writes for different blogs among which is Cornelius blog and international Writers among others.

 

He belongs to different writers' Academy and has received different certificates within and outside Nigeria.

 

Abdulhakim, however, has been a voice for Nigerian students in his institution and has been working tirelessly to support individuals one way or the other and this has earned him awards both in school and off school.

 

As at the time of this reading, Babatunde is the Coordinator of Ilesha Book Club

 

ABDULAZEEZ SULIYAT BOLUWATIFE

 

Abdulazeez Suliyat Boluwatife is a Student of Saint Mark's Commercial High School, Osogbo, Osun State. She is a staunch member of Osogbo Book Club and the International Women Writing Guild, USA. Suliyat is a short story writer.

 

 

OLAONIPEKUN OLATUNDE

 

Olaonipekun Olatunde is an indigene of Osun State. Attended the prestigious Ilesa Grammar School for his secondary education. He had his undergraduate and post-graduate studies at the great citadel of learning Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife in the Computer Science and Engineering Department and graduated as an Engineer. Poetry found him and he embraced it by expanding his horizon,he has great affinity and love for words. 

The pen and paper is his office and this has led him to write lots of poetry getting inspired from every angle.

He is an active player both offline and online in poetry circles. He has a collection of poetry waiting to be produced before the years run out. He sees himself as a poetical engineer.

 

 

 

 

Osogbo Book Club Set To Host The Second Phase of The Read Nigeria Project

OSOGBO BOOK CLUB SET TO HOST THE SECOND PHASE OF THE READ NIGERIA PROJECT

 

 


Osogbo Book Club has expressed her readiness to host the second phase of the Read Nigeria Project.

 

 

Read Nigeria Project, a nationwide chain of reading events administered by Adwinsa Publications (Gh) Ltd has set aside Saturday 18th day of June, 2022 to host three Osun-based writers, Babatunde Abdulhakim Adekunle, Abdulazeez Suliyat Boluwatife and Olaonipekun Olatunde in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State.

 

 

A statement issued by the Coordinator  and Secretary of the club, Grace Godwin and Ahmed Aishat said the second phase of the sensitization reading would take place at No 20, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ibuaje Micro  Finance Bank Building, Pepsi Cola, Area Osogbo, Osun State by 12PM prompt.

 

 

Read Nigeria Project is a project devoted for readers and lovers of books across Nigeria to celebrate and honour some selected important personalities who have contributed meaningfully to the learning and reading culture of the country.

 

 

The project also hopes to promote book reading through different events like book bee, quiz contests and other mediums across the country irrespective of tribe, color, sect, age, religion and gender.

 

 

Adwinsa Publications was established in March of 1977 in Madina, a suberb of Accra, the capital of Ghana in West Africa. The young business at the time began in the CEO’s house. During the late 1980’s Adwinsa went from a small location to Accra Newtown, also in the Capital City. During this time we also embraced “desktop publishing” (which was also an industry in its infancy) as well as commercial offset printing. From the year 2000 to 2014, we have added multiple high speed printing machines that propelled us into a new level of high-quality offset printing. We also built and expanded our services by putting up an office complex in Agbobga in Accra, Ghana.

 

 

The publishing firm is considered experts in Junior and Senior High school syllabus based text books in Ghana. The firm focuses on books for the Basic, secondary and tertiary institutions that have been largely acknowledged locally by students, parents, governments and the international community. As a family-owned company, one of Adwinsa Publications’ strengths is its focus on the family and its desire to see families succeed in education, especially in the long term development of every child in the family.

 

 

MEET OUR GUEST WRITERS

 

 

BABATUNDE ABDULHAKIM ADEKUNLE

 

 

Babatunde Abdulhakim Adekunle is a student of the University of Ibadan. He is studying Education and English. 

 

Abdulhakim is a content creator, Motivational writer, poet. He writes for different blogs among which is Cornelius blog and international Writers among others.

 

He belongs to different writers' Academy and has received different certificates within and outside Nigeria.

 

Abdulhakim, however, has been a voice for Nigerian students in his institution and has been working tirelessly to support individuals one way or the other and this has earned him awards both in school and off school.

 

As at the time of this reading, Babatunde is the Coordinator of Ilesha Book Club.

 

 

ABDULAZEEZ SULIYAT BOLUWATIFE

 

 

Abdulazeez Suliyat Boluwatife is a Student of Saint Mark's Commercial High School, Osogbo, Osun State. She is a staunch member of Osogbo Book Club and the International Women Writing Guild, USA. Suliyat is a short story writer.

 

 

 

OLAONIPEKUN OLATUNDE

 

 

Olaonipekun Olatunde is an indigene of Osun State. Attended the prestigious Ilesa Grammar School for his secondary education. He had his undergraduate and post-graduate studies at the great citadel of learning Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife in the Computer Science and Engineering Department and graduated as an Engineer. Poetry found him and he embraced it by expanding his horizon,he has great affinity and love for words. 

The pen and paper is his office and this has led him to write lots of poetry getting inspired from every angle.

He is an active player both offline and online in poetry circles. He has a collection of poetry waiting to be produced before the years run out. He sees himself as a poetical engineer.

 

 

 

 

Friday, April 1, 2022

OBC Disowns SWANA, Threatens To Expel Errant Members

 

OBC DISOWNS SWANA, THREATENS TO EXPEL ERRANT MEMBERS

 


The Osogbo Book Club on Friday disowned SWANA and vowed to punish its members who attend any illegitimate program organized by the outfit contrary to its directive.

The Coordinator of the Club stated this in a statement that the Club would come hard on members who floated its directive.

According to her, the club will in line with its Constitution punish any erring members.

It would be recalled that the Club on 30th of April officially informed her members and other Concerned Writers in Osun State to boycott the 2022 Edition of SWANA Fiesta describing the organization and the event as unconstitutional, felonious and illegitimate.

Osogbo Book Club by this statement urged its members and the concerned Osun State Writers to dissociate themselves from any illegal fiesta and also called on them to discountenance such gathering.

 

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

15 Reasons why SWANA is Illegal

 

15 REASONS WHY SWANA IS ILLEGAL AND WHY YOU SHOULD BOYCOTT SWANA FIESTA

 


1.      SWANA is Alien to ANA Constitution

2.      No formidable membership structure, many of its members are ANA members in Southwest

3.      SWANA has no logo of its own

4.      SWANA doesn’t recognize Mr. Camillus Ukah (who is in charge of ANA Secretariat, ANA Certificate of Registration, has the backings of the Board of Trustees, Advisory Council and ANA Elders) as ANA President major reason why they are aligning with pro Maiwada’s group in Osun State

5.      SWANA is not a duly registered literary organization

6.      It’s a one man show

7.      SWANA has no constitution of its own

8.      SWANA has no strategic plan

9.      Since inception over five years ago,  it has not organized any workshop, competition or published an anthology

10.  It lacks Yoruba Agenda

11.  It is a gathering of fun seekers not for literary discourse that will benefit Southwest writers

12.  SWANA played a prominent role in the current crisis we are facing in ANA

13.  The likes of Muriola Awosemo and Abiodun Oloyede are Maiwada’s henchmen, the major reason why they endorsed Maiwada’s ANA Destabilization Agenda.

14.  SWANA Fiesta was designed to cause crisis in Osun State

15.  SWANA is not a literary agenda of Southwest writers; it’s an agenda of some selfish individuals.

 

 

 

Osogbo Book Club Asks Members To Boycott SWANA Fiesta

 

OSOGBO BOOK CLUB ASKS MEMBERS TO BOYCOTT SWANA FIESTA


 

 

The Osogbo Book Club, a literary body under Osun ANA has officially informed her members and other writers in Osun State to boycott the 2022 Edition of SWANA Fiesta describing the organization and the event as unconstitutional, felonious and illegitimate.

 

Osogbo Book Club made its position known through a press statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo, calling on its members and writers in Osun State to boycott the event.

 

Osogbo Book Club also distanced itself from partaking in the scheduled programme aim at covering the past mistakes and shame of some certain individuals in the Association.

 

Parts of the statement read, “There is no provision for a regional body in the ANA Constitution. SWANA is not in the ANA Constitution. You can download ANA Constitution here https://www.ananigeria.org/files/ANA_Constitution_2012.pdf to confirm this claim.  SWANA Contributed 80% of the problems we are witnessing in ANA today. It was the same SWANA who brought Maiwada to Ekiti and honoured him with an award he did not deserve. They brought Maiwada to unsettle the peace we enjoy in ANA. The Northern Writers Summit in which Maiwada is a staunch and strong member did not honor him with any award or support his ANA Presidential ambition. Then why SWANA? It’s no more news that the duo of Muriola Awosemo and Abiodun Oloyede have lost grip of ANA Osun, to them, bringing SWANA to Osun is the only way they can restore the grip. Muriola Awosemo and Abiodun Oloyede are staunch supporters of Maiwada and they did not hide this.”

 

"As we are speaking, ANA President, Camillus Ukah is not aware of any SWANA FIESTA. Since they are not recognized by the ANA Constitution, the organizers of SWANA should stop using ANA Logo as their official logo. The Northern Writers Summit has its own logo, same thing with the South South Writers Union and other regional writers bodies."

 

“On the Chairmanship of ANA Osun, Bunyamin Sijuwade Zakariyah is the recognized and authentic Chairman of ANA Osun, this can be confirmed via ANA Website through this link, https://www.ananigeria.org/chapters-contact. The name “Segun Ajiboye” is alien to us in ANA Osun. Bunyamin Sijuwade Zakariyah recently represented ANA Osun in the just concluded ANA’s Chairmen and Secretaries Meeting held in Ilorin and was given Yusuf Ali Grant to organize literary activities in Osun State. To confirm, check these links: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/in-ilorin-ana-kickstarts-2022-reading-campaign/, https://thenationonlineng.net/authors-meet-in-ilorin-discuss-developmental-literature/. “

 

“To us in Osogbo Book Club, SWANA is a failure. An outfit of over five years that cannot boast of publishing an anthology or organizing a creative writing workshop for up and coming writers in Southwest. The only thing they do is to eat and drink.”

 

"We are calling on security agencies to take note of anyone trying to use the name of ANA to instigate crisis in Osun state. People should be properly guided and not allow themselves to be scammed. A word is enough for the wise."

 

On a final note, Osogbo Book Club believed ANA Osun is not a property of some selfish individuals who believed it’s their fundamental right to impose those who are incapable of making any change or transforming the literary space of the state. Such imposition is now a story of the past.

 

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