How Ooni of Ife put smile on corn vendor’s face

Olushola Victor

IT is okay to dream – some desires truly come true. The dream of a 17-year-old corn vendor, Samuel, has come true after assembly Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi.

However the boy didn’t simply keep idle whereas dreaming. Captivated with drawing, he drew a pencil portrait of the Ooni and it turned out to be a social media sensation.

After the Oba obtained wind of the drawing, he invited the lad to his palace and supplied to sponsor his schooling to school degree. The king additionally assured him that he would supply him a job in his palace after commencement.

In the case of the present of generosity, amongst Nigerian conventional rulers, Oba Ogunwusi is a frontrunner. Many individuals have benefited from his philanthropy and he did that cheerfully even earlier than mounting the throne.