Philanthropy takes centre stage as Sagamites Club celebrates 50th anniversary

Vice President, the Sagamites Club, Alhaji  Funbi Dawodu (left); Former President, Sagamites Club, Asiwaju Samuel Onafowokan; President, Sagamites Club, Otunba Seni Adetu; Chairman, Planning Committee, Mr. Oladimeji Oresanya and Secretary, Planning Committee, Otunba Opeyemi Agbaje, during the 50th anniversary celebration media briefing and commissioning of the new ultra-modern hall at Sagamu, Ogun State… on Wednesday<br />

Sagamu, the South West community, which gave Nigeria one of the biggest boxers in the world, Anthony Joshua, will, for one week, be the centre of attention when its elite association, Sagamites Club, celebrates its 50th anniversary.

The Golden Jubilee celebration, according to Sagamites Club, will feature sports, arts and philanthropy “in accordance with the club’s standards.”

Speaking on the 50th anniversary programme on Wednesday at Sagamites Club House, president of the club, Otunba Seni Adetu, said, as part of the festivities lined up for the week, there will also be an “empowerment programme in line with the club’s philanthropic ideals, spiced with a lecture titled “empowering Nigerian youth for the emerging future,” which will hold on May 25 at Nandas Hotel, Sagamu.

Apart from the table tennis and snooker available to guests and members of the club, Sagamu also houses the famous Green Elephant Golf Club, acclaimed as one of the best courses in the country.

Lovers of music may also catch a glimpse of Africa’s top Afrobeat star, D’Banj, who is also an indigene of the community.

Adetu disclosed that there would also be a gala night on May 28 at the New Club Hall, within Sagamites Clubhouse, as well as the commissioning of the club’s auditorium by former president, Olusegun Obasanjo.

The 50-year-old