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NEWSLETTER OF Ẹgbẹ́ Ọmọ Yorùbá
OF GREATER MIAMI VALLEY
December 2022
Vol. 13, No. 4
VOY is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December
Designed to Inform and Entertain
Major Contents Page
President’s Message 1
Egbe’s 2022 Christmas Party. 2
Lagos, oh, my Lagos 14
Giant African Snails 18
Defining Quality of Life 19
From The President’s Corner
As we come to the end of the year 2022, I am also coming to the end of my term as President of Egbe Omo Yoruba of Miami Valley, Dayton, Ohio. With the Covid-19 pandemic, the past 2 years provided us an exceptionally wonderful opportunity to learn and do things differently along that unique journey of a lifetime. However, despite the pandemic and related health issues some of which are still lingering on as well as some hiccups that we experienced, the state of our Egbe remain strong. It is noteworthy that we touched the lives of several people and made distinct impact individually and as an organization within Dayton and its environ. Equally worth mentioning is that Egbe members were blessed to enjoy the opportunity provided by God to participate in various heart-warming festivities such as weddings, picnics, birthdays, etc. during the year.
New Executive Officers of Egbe were elected during Egbe’s November 19th meeting. In addition, the Egbe seized the
opportunity of this meeting to mark and celebrate Thanksgiving together as a family. It was, indeed, a meeting and celebration to remember with the sumptuous meal provided by our mothers including the delicious secret-recipe pepper soup courtesy of our dear brother, Mr. Abayomi Omilakin.
The 2022 Christmas party on December 10 was jam-packed with authentic Yoruba-land cuisine such as ewedu and gbegiri (aka abula) – of course with amala. Our mothers, under the leadership of Mrs. Gloria Iselaiye and Mrs. Tope Anderson did not leave any stone unturned to ensure that we had a taste of delicious “home food”. Not only did everyone enjoyed the finger-licking meal, the Master of Ceremony, Dr. Bamidele Apapa fantastically directed a well-choreographed program that he planned for the evening and introduced a series of new “-cologists” to our vocabulary. Accolades also go to our one and only House Disc Jockey, Dr. Morakinyo Kuti who provided the wonderful music that facilitated highly spirited gracious moves as well as the ensued healthy competitive moves and dance steps. In fact, it was an amazingly, highly enjoyable, fun-filled evening. As we say in Yoruba language, “Irohin ko to afojuba; Eni de be ni o le so”.
The newly elected Executive Officers of Egbe will be sworn in during our January 21, 2023 meeting. This is when I will hand over the gavel to Dr. Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi as the President to lead Egbe and take it to new heights in the next 2 years.
Looking back, I am very grateful to the members of Egbe; especially the Executive Officers, the various Standing Committee Chairpersons and members of those Committees for their tireless efforts and support of Egbe’s goals and objectives in the past 2 years. Together, and by the special grace of God, we successfully tackle and beat the various challenges of our day – the pandemic, ups and downs of life, as well as health-related and relational issues. With the exceptional camaraderie between Egbe members, we are poised to continue to spiritually warm ourselves up with meaningfully appropriate monthly doses of refreshing food, fun-filled tête-à-têtes, and thoughtful deliberations on Egbe’s official matters.
May the Lord continue to be with us, guide and guard us individually and collectively, and tremendously bless us and all our loved ones in the new year (2023) and beyond. Amen.
Dr. (Mrs.) Funmi Adegbile, President
Oh, before we get too far, Happy New Year 2023
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Presidential Intellectual Connectivity: Making Waves over the Air Waves
Our dear president not only presides over our local club affairs, but she also carries the torch of intellectual connectivity around the world. Her recent interview on the Nigerian Diaspora platform is echoed below. Young and old alike are encouraged to read this inspiring piece.
https://pharmanewsonline.com/collaborative-research-crucial-for-national-development-ajayi/
Diaspora
Collaborative Research Crucial for National Development – Ajayi
By
- 28/11/2022
Dr Funmilayo O. Ajayi is a clinical pharmacology & biopharmaceutics consultant. She served as a national research council resident research fellow at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Maryland, USA. Thereafter, she spent over 10 years at the Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and FDA, and almost 14 years at Procter & Gamble (P&G).
In this exclusive interview, Ajayi, who is a Fellow of both the London Institute of Science Technology and the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, highlights role of scientific research in national development, while also addressing other pressing issues in healthcare such as antimicrobial resistance, pharmaceutical technology and cost-effective drug development
process that require urgent attention. TEMITOPE OBAYENDO spoke with her.