Former Chairman Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ, Oyo state Chapeter Mr Sehindemi Dagunduro is dead
Dagunduro who lead the union from 1987-89 died at the age of 76 in Ibadan.
His son Tokunbo Dagunduro who confirmed his death to our reporter said he died on Sunday.
Tokunbo said “Daddy has been sick for a while and we have been managing it for some time.
Dagunduro’s led NUJ executive recieved the certificate of occupancy C of O of the NUJ premises from the and peugout station wagon from the state government.
It was during his tenure that the Executive council chamber, (Red Brick) and NUJ Guest House were built.
Alhaji Bolaji Kareem who served as the secretary of the union when he was the chairman said his demise was a great loss.
The veterean journalist also served as. chief press secretary to the Ekiti state admnistrator. Tunji Olurin .
Below is a dirge written by Lanre Ogundipe
A dirge for Sehinde Dagunduro’s passage: And the Lion’s voice became still…
There is a plan far greater than the plan you know;
there is a landscape broader than the one you see.
there is a haven where storm tossed souls may go-
you call it death – we, immortality.
you call it death – this seeming endless sleep;
we call it birth – the soul at last set free.
’tis hampered not by time or space – you weep.
why weep at death? ‘Tis immortality.
Farewell, dear voyageur -’twill not be long.
your work is done – now may peace rest with thee.
your kindly thoughs and deeds- they will live on.
this is not death -’tis immortality.
Farewell, dear voyageur – the river winds and turns;
the cadence of your song wafts near to me,
and now you know the thing that all men learn:
there is no death – there’s immortality.
Sehindemi, walk tall among the ancestors. Good night
