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OTUAMELE PROGRESSIVE FOUNDATION (INC.) · Our Founder

Humanity • Heritage • Hope

Our Founder

Our founder, secretary and spiritual father

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Official portrait of Chief Bar. Joseph Oyekunle

Chief Bar. Joseph Oyekunle

  • Founder and Oluaye
  • OTUAMELE PROGRESSIVE FOUNDATION (INC.) · Egbe Otuamele

Chief Bar. Joseph Oyekunle is a seasoned entrepreneur, legal business consultant, and business strategist with experience working with conglomerates and business organizations across the world. He brings extensive business knowledge, entrepreneurial insight, and operational expertise to the vision and development of Otuamele Progressive Foundation, popularly known as Egbe Otuamele.

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Driven by a strong desire to make a meaningful difference in society, he founded the Foundation with a vision of bringing hope to the hopeless, empowering individuals, supporting those in need, and creating opportunities for personal and community development.

Drawing upon his professional experience in business, management, and operations, he is committed to building a strong, sustainable, and progressive foundation that positively impacts lives and contributes to the welfare of its members and the wider community.

His vision extends beyond establishing an organization. He seeks to build a lasting legacy founded on compassion, service, unity, empowerment, and the preservation of African heritage and cultural values.

Through his leadership, business expertise, and commitment to human development, Chief Bar. Joseph Oyekunle aspires to guide Egbe Otuamele towards becoming a respected and sustainable institution that restores hope, empowers lives, promotes collective progress, and creates meaningful opportunities for future generations.

His guiding belief

“Everyone deserves hope, every individual has value, and collective effort can transform lives and communities.”

Official portrait of Chief Mrs. Edith Oluwatimisire Oyekunle, Secretary of Otuamele Progressive Foundation

Chief Mrs. Edith Oluwatimisire Oyekunle

  • Secretary · Otuamele Progressive Foundation (Inc.)
  • Businesswoman
  • Executive Director

Chief Mrs. Edith Oluwatimisire Oyekunle is a seasoned businesswoman with experience in the sale of jewellery and gold. She also serves as the Executive Director of HarmonyX Apartments Services Limited, where she contributes her business acumen, leadership abilities, and entrepreneurial experience to the organisation’s growth and development.

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As the Secretary of Otuamele Progressive Foundation (Inc.), Chief Mrs. Edith Oluwatimisire Oyekunle is a committed contributor and pioneer who strongly believes in the vision, mission, and objectives of the Foundation. Her involvement is driven by her desire to help build a united community of like-minded individuals who share a common passion for humanitarian service, community development, the empowerment of the less privileged, and the preservation of African cultural heritage.

She believes that meaningful progress can be achieved when individuals with shared values and a common purpose come together to contribute their knowledge, resources, experience, and commitment towards achieving collective goals.

Through her role in the Foundation, she hopes to support the development of a strong, organised, and impactful community where members work together to promote human welfare, encourage personal growth, preserve our ancestral traditions, and create lasting positive change in society.

As a pioneer and contributor to the Foundation, Chief Mrs. Edith Oluwatimisire Oyekunle is passionate about building a lasting legacy through cooperation, compassion, service, and dedication to the ideals upon which Otuamele Progressive Foundation was established.

Chief Mrs. Edith Oluwatimisire Oyekunle remains dedicated to supporting the Foundation’s mission of restoring hope, empowering lives, promoting the welfare of members and the less privileged, and preserving our cherished African heritage.

Through collective effort, responsible leadership, and unwavering commitment, she looks forward to contributing to the growth of Otuamele Progressive Foundation (Inc.) into a respected organisation with a meaningful and lasting impact on communities in Nigeria and beyond.

Her guiding belief

“When people of like minds unite with a common vision, they can accomplish great things and build a better future for generations to come.”

Official portrait of Chief Ifarinu Fashola (JP), Spiritual Father of the Foundation

Chief Ifarinu Fashola (JP)

  • The Aare Oje of Oyo State
  • The Oluaye of Iretedi Temple W/W
  • Spiritual Father, Otuamele Progressive Foundation (Inc.)

Chief Ifarinu Fashola (JP), the Aare Oje of Oyo State and the Oluaye of Iretedi Temple W/W, is honoured to be part of Otuamele Progressive Foundation (Inc.), an organisation established to support the needy, promote humanitarian service, and improve the welfare of its members.

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He expresses his happiness and gratitude for being appointed as the Spiritual Father of this great organisation. He welcomes the opportunity to offer spiritual guidance, encouragement, and prayers for the continued progress and success of Egbe Otuamele.

He prays that Eledumare will continue to bless, protect, and strengthen everyone who contributes, directly or indirectly, to the improvement, development, and growth of Otuamele Progressive Foundation, both in Nigeria and throughout the diaspora.

May the Foundation continue to grow in unity, compassion, service, and purpose, fulfilling its commitment to helping those in need, supporting its members, and preserving our cherished African heritage for generations to come.

Spiritual blessing

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Restoring Hope • Empowering Lives • Preserving African Heritage • Giving Glory to EDUMARE

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