The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council on Thursday lauded the Chairman of the Absolute Success Ltd., owner of Ibadan-based Travels and Tours firm, UfitFly brand, Evangelist Ajibola Ogunkeyede for extending the ongoing pilgrimage experience to its State Secretary, Comrade Sola Oladapo.
Oladapo, alongside other pilgrims from Nigeria arrived Tel-Aviv Airport around 3:03am in the early hours of Thursday.
Describing UfitFly gesture to NUJ as commendable, the Union’s chairman, Ademola Babalola said Evangelist Ogunkeyede has proven again that he is a true and committed supporter of the Union and journalism profession.
“This is a very good gesture to NUJ in Oyo State. Evangelist Ajibola Ogunkeyede is a long-time friend of our noble Union. My leadership had barely 30days after taking over the mantle of leadership of Oyo NUJ, led my team to his Office in Ibadan in January 2020 where we mooted the idea of partnering UfitFly for international training tours for Journalists in the State.
“He, Ajibola Ogunkeyede did not only welcome the idea, as he also directed his staffers to begin the process of fast tracking a partnership with NUJ. He also agreed in principle with the NUJ Chairman, Ademola Babalola to jointly put up a Memorandum of Understanding in this regard.
“But days after this meeting, COVID-19 pandemic broke out across the globe and the countries of the world including Nigeria shut borders and locked down activities.
“This affected the Union’s drive to seek international exposure for its members till date. But just few weeks ago, Ajibola Ogunkeyede again made unofficial visit to the Ademola Babalola-led Executive to felicitate them on their re-election for a period of another three years where he immediately announced a Jerusalem slot for the Union.
“And that was why I immediately asked the Secretary, Sola Oladapo to submit his traveling passport to him for processing.
“Today, I am happy and the Union is pleased to announce that Ajibola Ogunkeyede fulfilled his promise as our Secretary is now in Jerusalem for the weeklong spiritual exercise courtesy of UfitFly.
“He, Sola Oladapo has called to express his happiness with the State of the art facilities put in place by UfitFly to make the exercise a worthwhile spiritual experience for all their pilgrims.
“Chairman, we are very happy here and every pilgrim is full of thanks and praises to UfitFly for their organization and more importantly all of us are in jubilant mood to welcome Prophet Taiwo Ojo who happens to be the conveyer of this trip. We are presently in Nazareth and we will be visiting Hlha’s valley Telaviv; River Jordan; Mont of beatitudes; Mont olive, Capernaum; Sea of Galilee; Tomb of Jesus Christ, among other places, Oladapo said.
“On behalf of all the Journalists in Oyo State, this is to express our heartfelt appreciation to the management and staff of Absolute Success, owner of the UfitFly for this commendable gesture.
“It is my sincere hope that this development would signal better partnership and beneficial relationship between the two organizations,” Babalola added.
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