Sunday, July 22, 2007

ORIGIN OF CARETAKER COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY 1992

At the Annual General meeting of Abeokuta Golf Club held on 14th February 1992, a Leadership crisis was created when elections were about to be held into the offices of the Executive Commitee. As a result of this crisis, the idea of a Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Club for six months was adopted. The Committee was firther madated to choose its officers from amongst its members. Members of the Caretaker Committee are as follows :

1. Apagun Wole Olumide
2. Hon. Justice Ademola Bakre
3. Chief Wale Otesile
4. Chief Siji Koku
5. Dr Segun Orelaja

The Committee later chose Apagun Wole Olumide as its Chairman and Dr Segun Orelaja as its Secretary. Dr. Segun Orelaja soon after resigned from the Committee in protest on the way and manner the affairs of the Committee ws being run. Segun Labiran (now deceased) was brought in by the Committee to take over as Secretary

Sunday, July 15, 2007

ABEOKUTA GOLF CLUB CAPTAINS AND SECRETARIES

GOLF CLUB CAPTAINS AND SECRETARIES FROM FORMATION TO CRISIS
1987 – 88
CAPTAIN - COL. AGUNBIADE LAWAL (now Late)
SECRETARY - MR SEGUN OGUNSEYE (Now Oluwaseye)

1988 - 89
CAPTAIN - ENG. AYO OBASEKI (now Late)
SECRETARY -MR. SEGUN OGUNSEYE

1989 - 90
CAPTAIN - CHIEF SIJI KOKU (Now Late)
SECREATRY - DR. SEGUN ORELAJA

1990 - 91
CAPTAIN - MR SEGUN OGUNSEYE (now Pastor Oluwaseye)
SECRETARY - DR. LEMBOYE OKUBOYE

1991 - 1993
CARETAKER COMMITTEE HEADED BY APAGUN OLUMIDE
1993 - DATE
STRUGGLE TO DEFINE A WORKING STRUCTURE FOR THE CLUB LEADING TO VARIOUS BROKEN DOWN WORKING AGREEMENTS ON HOW TO SELECT EXECUTIVE FOR THE CLUB.

The Abeokuta Golf Club started full golfing activities and had its yearly Annual General meetings at which new Officers were elected for the Club. The table above shows the names of the Officers who were so elected.
Crisis started after a Caretaker Committee headed by Apagun Olumide, overstayed its mandate of six months by over eighteen months and then started the attempt to change the name of the Club to Abeokuta Golf Internation Limited.