Ooni Of Ife Appoints Shagari’s Grandson, Bala Shagari

The Ooni of Ife, His Highness Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has appointed Bello Bala Shagari as the Managing Director of the Royal African Young Leadership Forum (RAYLF-AFRICA).

The appointment is contained in a letter sent to Bello Bala Shagari, which Dr. Ayobami O. Oyedare signed. Bala, a former president of the Nigerian Youth League, is also a grandson of Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, Nigeria’s first elected president who was handed over to the military in 1979.

The letter reads, ” His Imperial Majesty (H.I.M) admires your well-defined, dynamic, matchless, intellectual and rich historical campaigns for the reconstruction and transformational leadership in Africa through the precious knowledge and unbreakable ambition of its young populations.”