Osinbajo: Rotary World’s Biggest Army of Change Makers

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has described Rotary International as the biggest army of change makers in the work, acknowledging its campaign against polio eradication and its effort in promoting peace across the globe.

Osinbajo made the remark at the declaration of the 2018 Zone 20A Institute of Rotary International held at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos recently.

The programme was attended by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; his Ogun State counterpart, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun; Rotary International President-Elect, Mr. Mark Maloney; Chairman, International Organising Committee, Asiwaju Michael Olawale-Cole; Convener of the Zone 20A institute , Yinka Babalola, among others.

Speaking on the efforts of Rotary in adding value to humanity, Osinbajo said Rotary “is undoubtedly one of the foremost service organisations with over a century of footprints of its good work of intervention in basic needs of humanity almost everywhere one turns.”

With more than 1.2 million members in about 35,000 clubs and over 200 countries worldwide, the vice president noted that there “is no gainsaying that Rotary’s network of volunteers that work locally, regionally and globally to provide humanitarian services by promoting peace,