{"id":8386,"date":"2013-08-15T08:39:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T08:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/obadare-osun-raises-14-man-burial-committee\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T08:39:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T08:39:59","slug":"obadare-osun-raises-14-man-burial-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/obadare-osun-raises-14-man-burial-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Obadare: Osun raises 14-man burial committee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2022Evangelist begins final journey today<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Osun State government has set up a 14-man committee to oversee activities relating to the burial of the General Overseer of the World Soul Winning Evangelistic Ministry, WOSEM, Apostle Timothy Oluwole Obadare, which begin today.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Culture and Tourism, who is also the Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Sikiru Ayedun, disclosed this in Osogbo yesterday at a press conference to herald the burial activities.<\/p>\n

Ayedun said the committee had already commenced its work to ensure a hitchfree burial ceremony.<\/p>\n

While giving the breakdown of how the N35 million approved by the state government for the burial would be spent, the commissioner said that \u201cN15 million was set aside for construction of mausoleum, N10 million for logistics for the burial ceremony and N10 million for intervention work on the premises to accommodate the multitude and the adherents coming for the burial from far and near\u201d.<\/p>\n

He, however, disclosed that the remains of the evangelist would arrive the state today and \u201cwill be received by officials of the state government at Asejire by noon while the corpse would be led in transit to Owena for onward movement to Akure, Ondo State.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe corpse would arrive Osogbo again on Friday and a brief service would be held in honour of the prophet at the Osogbo City Stadium before moving to Ilesa for the lying-in-state. The final burial ceremony would be held at Ileki in Ilesa,Osun State on Saturday\u201d.<\/p>\n

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