I have always held that the difference between words and action is the willingness to do; that, the beauty of service lies in the willingness of the plenitude of hands ready to commit to the task at hand.
In this speech, Titus Ayobamidele Ogunniiyi, Builder, entrepreneur, volunteer and philanthtropist takes us through his one year leadership as President of the Rotaract Club of Amwo Main, District 9110 Nigeria. In it, he takes us through his 12 months as President, leading a group of 17 people, who raised over N1.3m [more than $6, 000] he espouses the importance of time, the need for us to conmtinue to serve our community while remaining thankful fo the much we have been blessed with.
I hope you find a lesson or two from this, and better appreciate the work Rotary and Rotaract do in world today.
OjisiEmezie
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 says “There
is a given time for everything and a time for every happening under heaven: A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a
time for uprooting. A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking
down, a time for building. A time for tears, a time for laughter; a time for
mourning, a time for dancing. A time for throwing stones, a time for gathering
stones; a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing. A time for
searching, a time for losing; a time for keeping, a time for throwing away. A
time for tearing, a time for sewing: a time to be silent and a time to speak. A
time for loving, a time for hating; a time for war, a time for peace”.
As president and even as a club member in the past year, I and every member of this champion club have passed through all phases of time and without doubt this is the time to handover. Just before officially passing the baton I would like to show appreciation; but just before that, some highlights of our time together as President.
·
Rotary International
Individually,
Finally, as we said and showed last
year. To all those #MadeTough, we together showed that we are #TogetherStronger
and we are @ClubAmuwoMain. I thank you all for the multiple ‘T’s that you gave for
the club. Thank you for the opportunity to serve.
On behalf of the 2015-1026 World Class Team, I am Titus Ayobamidele Ogunniyi, Immediate Past President of this champion club and more importantly a club member with the good of this club at heart.
Titus Ayobamidele Ogummiyi II is a builder, Entrepreneur, Teacher and Immediate Pat President of the Rotaract Club of Amuwo Main, a community base service club for young professionals.Connect with on Twitter and Instagram +Titus Ogunniyi
In this speech, Titus Ayobamidele Ogunniiyi, Builder, entrepreneur, volunteer and philanthtropist takes us through his one year leadership as President of the Rotaract Club of Amwo Main, District 9110 Nigeria. In it, he takes us through his 12 months as President, leading a group of 17 people, who raised over N1.3m [more than $6, 000] he espouses the importance of time, the need for us to conmtinue to serve our community while remaining thankful fo the much we have been blessed with.
I hope you find a lesson or two from this, and better appreciate the work Rotary and Rotaract do in world today.
OjisiEmezie
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 says “There
is a given time for everything and a time for every happening under heaven: A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a
time for uprooting. A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking
down, a time for building. A time for tears, a time for laughter; a time for
mourning, a time for dancing. A time for throwing stones, a time for gathering
stones; a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing. A time for
searching, a time for losing; a time for keeping, a time for throwing away. A
time for tearing, a time for sewing: a time to be silent and a time to speak. A
time for loving, a time for hating; a time for war, a time for peace”.As president and even as a club member in the past year, I and every member of this champion club have passed through all phases of time and without doubt this is the time to handover. Just before officially passing the baton I would like to show appreciation; but just before that, some highlights of our time together as President.
At the beginning of the year we set
for ourselves goals, we worked assiduously towards those goals, the following
are our efforts;
Membership:
we inherited 25, inducted 7 making 32 but had to let go of 15 with reasons
ranging from default in attendance, finance; loss of interest, and permanent
relocation. Today we are a club of 17 vibrant and active professionals working
together to do much good in society.
Club Admin: we
scheduled 22 meetings and held 20. The Amuwo Main Rotaractor, our bi-monthly
bulletin was published in all of those times with club information, quality
articles and jokes. We maintained our traditional fellowship drinks and also
prepared a new club register. Family of Rotary was well celebrated as well as
our We Care policy.
SAA: Through
the very generous donations of extraordinary performance of our Sergeant-At-Arms,
CP Bayo Oduntan, we raised over N310,
000 for lady charity and our club projects. This is more than 50% of N200,
000 target.
Projects: in
keeping with the club’s strategic plan, our projects were in line with Rotary’s
six areas of focus. Apart from our signature projects such as Aspire, Health
and Fitness series, STAR programs, BEFA etc., we added Blood donation to the
Amuwo Mother and Child Center, donation of 100 dictionaries to Ajegunle Junior
High School, educational support facilities to 2nd Avenue Primary
School, and three outstanding international projects in Benin Republic and
Ghana. In all, we spent over N1.3m [One
Million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira] in projects and programs.
Together as a club we upheld the
values we hold so dear – friendship, community development, service and
networking. These were our guide in carrying out duty to the society. as an
effective club, we remained active and served in crucial roles in District
committees. some of our members also served in committees.
PP Chimezie was an Assistant
District Representative, Chair Editorial Committee and Programme Coordinator at
the highly successful 2016 District conference. CP Bayo was in charge of the
Public Relations of the District and continued with his innovation, launching
the District on Twitter and other social media platform. As President, I also
served as Chair International Service and our West Coast Tour to District 9102
which comprises Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana and Niger is one that still be
discussed in many quarters because of the impact we made.
We touched lives in all aspects required
of a philanthropist during the year and we did so with poise and class. This is
evident in the smiles on the faces of our beneficiaries and the joy in our
hearts. Truly, we worked hard; deploying our time, talents, treasure and
thinking in being gifts to our world. At a point, despite our various
professions, Rotaract became a job we were glad to do, a career path in
volunteerism and service we were too eager to pursue.
With the investments in service
comes the time of reward; through sheer hard and team work, we did the required and surpassed expectations
in the stipulated process breaking new grounds and setting higher standards.
Our multiple awards and status confirms that we are truly Champions!
·
Rotary International
2016-2016 Presidential Citation Award [one of only 3 clubs
out 45 clubs in the District]
· ll Nigerian Rotaract Multi District Information
Organization, NIGEROTA [NR-MDIO]
National Merit Award
Chimezie Judemary UDECHUKWU and Titus Ayobamidele Ogunniyi
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District Awards
Best Club in Administration
Best Club in Social Media
Best Club in DRR Visit
Most Supportive Club
Individually,
Overall Best Past President PP Chimezie Judemary Udechukwu
Most Supportive President, Titus Ogunniyi
2nd Best ADRR Chimezie Judemary Udechukwu
Distinguished Service Above Self Award, Ngozi Monica Okereke and Titus Ogunniyi
This is aside the numerous seconds and thirds we emerged in,
in other categories too many to mention.
Moving on, I can give nothing more
than encouragement and advises that we up the ante this new year in all ways
possible. Improve on all our pros and cut down the cons. This would mean steady
improvement and growth. Maximum support for the President as she leads us to
greater heights and a new phase were we can get stronger as a family and represent
Rotary in Serving Humanity.
To God almighty, I can only Thank
you for all the provision and protection plus everything included and excluded.
To all those who supported this cause, I am grateful for all you gave willingly
and freely both in cash and more in kind, measurable and immeasurable. To the
Rotary Club of Amuwo, I appreciate your support that goes beyond sponsorship
and partnership but real parental care and supervision.
Finally, as we said and showed last
year. To all those #MadeTough, we together showed that we are #TogetherStronger
and we are @ClubAmuwoMain. I thank you all for the multiple ‘T’s that you gave for
the club. Thank you for the opportunity to serve.On behalf of the 2015-1026 World Class Team, I am Titus Ayobamidele Ogunniyi, Immediate Past President of this champion club and more importantly a club member with the good of this club at heart.
Merci
Rotr. Titus Ayobamidele Ogunniyi II
President
Rotaract Club of Amuwo Main.
2015 - 2016
2015 - 2016
Titus Ayobamidele Ogummiyi II is a builder, Entrepreneur, Teacher and Immediate Pat President of the Rotaract Club of Amuwo Main, a community base service club for young professionals.Connect with on Twitter and Instagram +Titus Ogunniyi
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