KÓ ILÉ ÈKÓ FÁSITÌ ÒGBÓMÒSÓ PÈLÚ EGBÈRÚN KAN NÁÍRÀ (N1,000) (Every market woman, a founder), by OluBunmi ODEWUMI

KÓ ILÉ ÈKÓ FÁSITÌ ÒGBÓMÒSÓ PÈLÚ EGBÈRÚN KAN NÁÍRÀ (N1,000) (Every market woman, a founder), by OluBunmi ODEWUMI

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Mama, this university is yours.

Ogbomoso University is not a government project. It is our own project. It is the university our children will attend, close to home, without suffering, without travelling far, and without paying what we cannot afford.

And you can build it with just N1,000.

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Mama, do not say, “I don’t have money.” N1,000 is not too much to write your name in history. It is not too much to secure the future of your children. It is not too much to say that you were part of something great for Ogbomosoland.

If you sell pepper, sell akara, sell pure water, sell cloth, sell yam, sell provisions, in Oja Oba, in Wazo, in Arowomole, in Akande, in Iluju, in Ajaawa, in Iresaadu, everywhere in Ogbomosoland, this call is for you. Whether your shop is big or small, whether your table is in the front of the market or at the back, you are a founder.

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Your N1,000 will say: “I am a co-founder of Ogbomoso University.”

Your N1,000 will say: “I was there when Ogbomoso built its university.”

We are not begging you. We are giving you honour. The honour to be counted among the founders. The honour to be remembered. The honour to tell your children and your grandchildren that you did not just watch history, you made history.

Think of it, Mama. One day, your child will walk into that university. Your neighbour’s child will walk into that university. The child of the woman selling beside you will walk into that university. And you will point and say: “I built this. With my N1,000, I built this.”

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That is why we are calling on every market woman in Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South, Oriire, Ogo Oluwa, and Surulere. Do not wait for another person. Do not wait for government. Do not wait for the rich alone. This university belongs to all of us, and all of us must build it together.

So, Mama, please pay your N1,000. Encourage your neighbour beside you in the market to pay her own N1,000 too. Encourage your sister, your friend, your daughter who is trading with you. Tell them: Let us all be founders.

Pay today, and keep your receipt well. Your receipt is your evidence. Your receipt is your honour.

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