This is just as she enjoined all and sundry to always be mindful of their actions and efforts while alive, stating that everything about life was vanity in itself.

She made the remarks while playing host to journalists who visited the Ajimobi’s Oluyole, Ibadan residence, on a condolence visit.

She said she had learnt very serious lessons from the death of her husband, stating that one of the things that had always made her smile since the death of her husband was seeing those who worked or had any contact with the family in times past coming back to check up on her and the family.

She said, “We are celebrating a man who impacted the lives of everyone he came in contact with. Your being here today, says a lot. Human beings are the most difficult to please in life but when people who have worked with you come back to visit or pay condolence visits it shows that you put that smile on my face. Today has not been a very good day for me, it has been a very turbulent day and emotional one, but thank you for putting smile on my face with your visit.

“Yes daddy has gone but for me it’s not his going we are celebrating. As a man, he came, he saw and he conquered and I know he’s resting at the bosom of God; that is my joy and that is what is giving me peace; he made heavens and that is how we must relate when we are in the world.

“It’s not enough to celebrate or mourn a life, but what lessons are we taking from what happened. Death is a necessary evil and no one knows when it will come, the same way we don’t know when a child will come. They can give you EDD (Expected Delivery Date) but no doctor or soothsayer is going to say this child is going to be born on 25th June at 1pm and the same way, no one can tell you when you are going to die.

“It will come whether you are sleeping, eating, drinking, it has to take something with it. I am ever so proud to be called his wife and all the people, the larger family that we both belong to, let us take lessons and know that life is vanity upon vanity.

“Who knew in December, that in exactly six months and nine days that would be his last birthday. We should just live everyday as if it’s our last and have a very good relationship with God. Our ultimate goal on earth is to make heaven, whether as a Muslim or a Christian, whatever way we pray to God or serve.

“And how do we know we will make heaven? Love one another. As journalists, always do what is right because if we give information that are not right, for me it’s a sin. And do you know if you are going to see tomorrow? So, why do we sin today if we are not sure of tomorrow. Nobody is sure of tomorrow because when we sleep it’s like we are dead.

“Sleep is like practising death.  My husband’s death has given me a new orientation of life that you think you have everything and honestly nobody is anything. In this world all power belongs to God and when we have fear of God it makes us to do what is right. We can always try, we are not saints; we all make mistakes.

“Let me just use this opportunity to enjoin everyone, let us retrace our steps because you are all my children. The same thing I have told my children. Your dad is dead, what lessons have you taken from his death. You spoke with him yesterday, today he is no more. Just try, you can only try.

“Fight with one another but let us as much as possible make peace with everyone. Life is transient and there is nothing in it. It doesn’t matter who we are or think we are, if God says we are nothing, it doesn’t take him one second to make you nothing. My prayer is that you will all succeed and continue to prosper in all your endeavours. Even in the midst of this pandemic you will not partake out of it and God will bring it to an end, in Nigeria and the entire world because it is true. As much as possible, keep safe and stay safe.”

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The widow spoke shortly after he husband was buried at his residence in Ibadan when the deputy governor of the state, Rauf Olaniyan, led a delegation on a condolence visit to the family.

She said throughout the period her husband was in the hospital, Makinde never called her to sympathise.

According to Florence Ajimobi, the governor rather played politics with the health condition of her husband.

Her words: “Life in itself is vanity upon vanity. Either you are PDP or APC, the man is dead and he has been buried.

“But the governor didn’t call me. Even if he had called me and I didn’t pick his calls, I don’t have his number and I have never spoken with him on the phone, he could have sent me a text message for record purposes.

“And then today again, I read in the papers and saw how the Ajimobi’s family were lying about some things.

“Mr deputy, my husband never had anything against the governor or anyone else. We were in different parties but he was an elder statesman and he slept on the ground.

“The Governor of Oyo State never called me nor sent a condolence message, my husband was hospitalised for one month, what politics are we playing, please?”

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The state Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, made the announcement during a Gala Nite that wrapped up day two of the Oyo State Officials’ Wives Association’s National Women Summit, in Ibadan, on Thursday.

The three-day annual event was organised by the wife of the governor, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, as a platform to galvanise wives of elected and appointed officials of the state into rallying women of the state for political and social prominence.

Speaking on the scholarship award, the governor said that the gesture was an incentive to encourage the girl child that they could outsmart and outperform their male folks with hard work, dedication and determination.

The announcement of the scholarship was one of the major highlights of the event, where seven brand new cars were also given out to winners of a raffle draw, who had earlier purchased tickets during the programme.

Apart from the star prize, others also won deep freezers, sewing machine, iced coolers, microwave oven, grinding machine, power generator, refrigerators among other items.

Sixteen-year-old Itunuoluwa, who is currently an A-Level student of the Vale College, Ibadan, was born into the family of Pastor Olukunmi and Mrs Olubusola Joel of Osatan Compound, Ojagbo, Ibadan.

The governor said, “Itunu is an inspiration to other girls, having distinguished herself in academic performance right from her days at Canon Okuseinde Memorial Primary School, Aremo, Ibadan, where she was the best pupil.

“In her secondary education, she sat for the 2017/2018 SSSCE and scored distinction in four out of nine subjects. In fact, it has been a harvest of scholarships for the young girl since 2017 when a philanthropist paid her NECO fee.

“In 2018, she took part in a quiz competition organized by the Vale College and emerged as the overall best. For her feat, she was offered A-levels scholarship by the management of the college, where she currently studies.

“Tonight, the state government is adding to these awards by offering her full scholarship for her university education for her exemplary brilliance and dedication to her studies. I hope this will incentivize other girls to break the glass ceilings.”

Also at the event, the first award of honour presented to women who have distinguished themselves in their chosen carriers went to the governor’s wife for lifting several thousands of women out of the vicious circle of poverty.

Other awardees of the night included foremost educationist and founder of Bodija International School, Mrs Aina Esho; Professor Oluyemisi Bamgbose, Mrs Mobola Sagoe.

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