History of Oduduwa
The History of Oduduwa Movement Hannover
The Name Oduduwa was brought from London by MR. Ojo to Dortmund.
We all know that Organisation needs Financial background to to Function.
In August 2000, Mr. Kola Aliu suggested to Members in Dortmund , to move the association to Hannover . He then invited some Oduduwa children from all part of Germany to the founding of Oduduwa Movement Hannover .People came to this meeting from Dortmund , Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover an Suburb.
People from Hamburg attended the meeting three or four times in Hannover and later decided to found Egbe Isedale ati Ilosiwaju Omo Yoruba in Hamburg which Oduduwa Movement Hannover gave her full support to.
AnotherMember who was the Secretary of Oduduwa Movement in Dortmund , Mr. Olurtimi Oluborode attended the Meeting in Hannover two times and he is now the Secretary of Egbe Omo Oduduwa Düsseldorf e.V. .
Mr. Curtis Omoyajowo who was also member in Dortmubnd attended the Meeting in Hannover , and later becme the first Financial Sec. O.M.H.
Odudwa Movement was then managed by Mr. Kola Aliu and Mr. Bayo Akinyo who was then acting as Secretary and took care of the Finance of the Assocciation .
Many People were later invited to join the the Association,including.
Mr. Arigbabu and Mr. Osoba , who later became the first President and Vicepresident respctively.
Teh Organisation was registeres under the German Law in August 2002 in Hannocver Court.
The Association is non Political and non Religious.
Our Objectives are :
To promote Arts and Culture of Yoruba Land in Hannover and through out Germany
To assist in the development and Welfare of Yorubas in ahnnover and through out of Germany
To promte the sense of unity and understanding within the Family of Members .
Late in the Year 2002 Mr. Bayo Akinyo organised Yoruba Language Lesson for our wives and Yoruba Children born in Germany.
The Yoruba Lesson was so succesfull that our wives and children fromHannover presented Yoruba Proverbs Show at the first Congress of Egbe Omo Yoruba Germany in the Year 2003 in Bielefeld .
The new Executive were elected in January 2005 ,
Mr. Bayo Akinyo President
Mr. Francis Fasanya Vice President
Mr. Kola Aliu Gen. Secretary
Mr. Abiodun Olayinka Financial Secretary / Treasurer
Mrs. Taiwo Glaser Social Secretary