You recently celebrated your birthday, how does it feel being 94?

The celebration was fine and I was happy to see everyone around me – (church) members, ministers, little children, among others. The church was full on that day. I am so happy. It reminds me of those days when I was energetic. I am no longer as energetic as I used to be.

 What particular event in your childhood remains unforgettable to you?

That would be my days in primary school. I attended Ake Abeokuta Primary School. I remember very well that my headmaster was the father of Prof Wole Soyinka. I attended that school until I left Abeokuta for Lagos.

My father was the late Pa John and my mother, Mama Kehinde John. She was a twin but the Taiwo (twin sister) had died long before I was born. I had a nice time growing up. The law, for us then, was you dared not miss going to church. Every Sunday morning, we attended Sunday School and services in the afternoon and evening. We were trained that way and we got used to it. My mum used to make adire (batik) and she was called Mama Alaaro. I used to follow her to the market to sell adire whenever the market day fell on a Saturday. Also, sometimes if I wasn’t in school, I helped her to make adire patterns. Nobody took over the adire business from my mother because we had to go to school.

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The Camp Director, Ndako Bida, stated this during the Friday morning meditation with the corps members in the camp.

This was made known in a statement by the chapter, where the Camp Director also addressed the corps members to be of good conduct.

“Alhaji Ndako advised them on the need to be their brothers’ and sisters’ keeper by looking out for one another, calling on them to shun any form of social vices and be of good conduct throughout the service year,” the statement read in part.

During the meeting, Bid also read out some of the suggestions dropped by corps members and tacked the issues raised.

“He, however, reminded them that the Camp is a temporary facility provided for the purpose of the Orientation Course as Management through the help of the State Government would keep renovating and improving on the facilities to provide camp participants with a conducive atmosphere,” the statement read.

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