75-year-old NYSC Anthem Composer Burst Into Tears After 37 years

Seventy-four-year-old composer of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) anthem, Dr OLUWOLE ADETIRAN, burst into tears during the visit of the Director-General of the N-Y-S-C, Brigadier Geneneral SHUAIBU IBRAHIM, to his house in Ibafo, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The septuagenarian, who composed the song in 1984 while he was a corps member in Oyo State, said he was moved that he was finally remembered 37 years after he composed the song.

He lamented that he had been suffering from diseases, including hypertension, diabetes and prostate cancer since 2018