OASES NEWS staff had to travel to Barrie in June, Ontario to interview Dr. Adebusola Onayemi who has been unavailable for the past five months due to the nature of his job. The Oases News was delighted to meet such a very humble, inspirational and a man worthy to be emulated and whose name ring bell among the Nigerians here in Ontario evidencing his humility. According to Rev. Dr. Onayemi, “Before anything, God comes first”. He prayed first. After the prayer we commenced business.
Hear his opinion on Nigeria; “Nigeria is such a blessed country and things happening in Nigeria now should not be overlooked. The Health Care System will gradually move positively when things are all right in Nigeria because Nigeria is passing through a test of time so we must put God first in whatever we are doing”. He advised that the Nigerian government should spend more on Health Care and ensures that the citizens have good quality health care .
High quality foods are essential because of common illnesses like high blood pressure, diabetes and other avoidable ailments can be regulated with lifestyle. Drink moderately and do physical exercise and you will see the difference. Men should go for prostate test and women should go for annual cancer tests for cervical, breast and other female related ailments. Rev. Dr. Onayemi added that Nigerians in diaspora are ready to help Nigeria through consultation so that the government can move forward in all areas of human endeavour.
Rev. Dr. Onayemi is a specialist Anesthesiologist. An author, an elder and chairman of the board of directors of Yoruba Community Association (YCA) in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada and has recently added another feather to his hat. He was ordained as a Deacon in January 2014 at Celebration Church, Barrie. He has contributed immensely to the Nigerian society financially and morally in Canada. He is a preacher, orator and prayer warrior. He is also the Executive Director of Bis Bus International, a Yoruba language Multimedia Publishing Company. He is the publisher of “Yorùbá: Mo on ko, Mo on kà” (Know how to Write it , Know how to Read it ) a bilingual Yoruba/English magazine. He is the founder of Yoruba Readers’ Club of North America which was established to give Yoruba children in the diaspora a practical way to learn their language and culture.
When it was exactly forty-minutes Rev. Dr. Onayemi reminded OASES News that it was time for him to go to Church, he prayed again and I left for Toronto. I started pondering on this “even if Nigeria is experiencing brain drain now, it will become brain gain if Nigerian government is able to embrace experience and knowledge of Nigerians in diaspora”.
