A group of officers numbering in hundred from Nigeria Armed Forces Command and Staff College,Jaji, Kaduna, today 16th November,2021 visited IYAKE Suspended Lake located on top of Ado hill tourism center,Ago Afin, Ado-Awaye, Iseyin Local Government, Oyo State.
The team on arrival visited His Royal Majesty,Oba Rev’d Olugbile Ademola Folakanmi, Makuledoye 11 Asoludero 1, the Alado of Ado-Awaye in his residential home,Oke-Odo, Ado-Awaye, Iseyin Local Government, Oyo State to pay a royal homage.
Speaking on behalf of the team on their mission to Ado-Awaye tourism center,the leader of the team,who is also the Director of Administration in the College,Colonel M Isa said”we are here to carry out on the spot assessment of IYAKE Suspended Lake as part of our planning to enhancing national security through social economic development and the exploiration of the potential of some tourism centers in the country.It is on this note we decided to choose IYAKE Suspended Lake in the South- West for our research and development”. Speaking further, Colonel M Isa said it was the utmost desire of the College to find a way of reducing the crime rate through creation of employment opportunity for the teaming Nigeria idling youths.He therefore concluded his address by pledged a better and favourable final reports on the site to the highest Authority in the College.
While he was reacting, the Chief custodian of Ado-Awaye tourism heritage,Oba Rev’d Olugbile Ademola Folakanmi, Makuledoye 11 Asoludero 1 the Alado of Ado-Awaye, said, “we are indeed very delighted to see you in our community for this laudable agenda and I heartly welcomed you to Ado-Awaye on behalf of the entire people of Ado-Awaye Community home and in diaspora”.In his further response, Kabiesi Alado of Ado-Awaye said,IYAKE Suspended Lake tourism center was the only natural one in the whole world and with its uniqueness status, it has a great potential of contributing to our national gross domestic product if properly developed and could also bring a reduction to our national unemployment rate in the process.Oba Folakanmi added that it is high time the Governments should begin to place high premium on tourism development in her economic transformation Planning agenda, because of it’s comparative advantages over other sectors of the economy.Kabiyesi said, Cocoa, groundnut and palm which were the major sources of our national income generation were no more in aboundant and our oil deposits was equally on it’s way out of supplus. Only our tourism endowment can never go into extinction. Oba Folakanmi, therefore, seized the opportunity to appeal to the Army officers to use all the machineries within their reach to present IYAKE Suspended Lake tourism destination to the Federal Government for necessary developmental actions in the interest of our national growth and development. Shortly after Kabiesi’s address that he presented copies of his newly published book titled “IYAKE SUSPENDED LAKE THE PRIDE OF AFRICA”to Col.M.ISA, and the team embarked on hiking to Ado hill to actualise their mission for coming to the town.
Giving his final remarks on arrival from the mountain,Major A.O EKE, while speaking on behalf of the whole team appreciated Kabiesi Alado of Ado-Awaye and the entire Community for receiving them with an open hands throughout their stay.He further remarked that tour brief was highly interactive and educative and the knowledge acquired would be put to use in their final reports.
On a final note,a gift was presented to Mr Nasiru Oladokun as a mark of appreciation to the community.