Ogun legislators applaud Obasanjo for preserving historical values

&NewLine;<p>Ogun State House of Assembly led by the Speaker&comma; Rt&period; Hon&period; Olakunle Oluomo has extolled the ingenuity of a former Nigerian President&comma; Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for setting up a cultural institution for the preservation of the rich socio-political and cultural history of the nation and that of the Yoruba race for the benefit of the coming generation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Oluomo&comma; while leading other lawmakers on a visit to the&NewLine;residence of the former President and&NewLine;elderstateman&comma; posited that the collection of artefacts and military&NewLine;relics of the former General during his days in the Nigerian Army remained a&NewLine;reference point in history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Describing Obasanjo as a living legend of all times&comma; who&NewLine;contributed immensely to the promotion of democratic ideals&comma; lauded his&NewLine;initiative geared towards referencing history with evidence as reflected in the&NewLine;relics giving credence to the nation&&num;8217&semi;s history for the upcoming generations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Oluomo&comma; on behalf of his colleague-lawmakers thanked the&NewLine;former President for his vision at ensuring evidence based documentations at&NewLine;the centre on national history including landmark events&comma; culture and other&NewLine;notable activities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Earlier in his remarks&comma; Chief Obasanjo appreciated the&NewLine;visit of the lawmakers to the facility&comma; stating that it had become expedient to&NewLine;preserve cultural values with a view to improving the present situation and&NewLine;inspiring the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He underscored the culture of keeping the past for&NewLine;posterity&comma; saying his past experience about keeping relics from history spurred&NewLine;him to establish the centre with sections for the Organization of African&NewLine;Unity&comma; &lpar;OAU&rpar; African Union &lpar;AU&rpar; collection of books&comma; cultural heritage and&NewLine;other historical relics amongst others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;