Aggai Conference ’25 celebrates resilience, honours Aramide Oikelome’s legacy
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The annual conference, organised in honour of Aramide Oikelome, late Founder of the Best-Spring Foundation who died on June 20, 2020, reflected on her legacy through humanitarian projects including the Girls Arise Initiative and the Widows Project in Ijegun....
The Co-founder of the Best-Spring Foundation, Professor Albert Oikelome, on Saturday honoured his late wife’s legacy by celebrating resilience at the Aggai Conference.
The 2025 edition of the Aggai Conference emphasised the need for hope, renewal and resilience, as widows, students, orphans and community members gathered for this year’s theme, “Beauty for Ashes.”
The annual conference, organised in honour of Aramide Oikelome, late Founder of the Best-Spring Foundation who died on June 20, 2020, reflected on her legacy through humanitarian projects including the Girls Arise Initiative and the Widows Project in Ijegun.
Delivering the opening address, Mrs. Patience Obisanya said the gathering “is a testimony to the power of togetherness, reminding everyone that none of us walks alone”.
Professor Albert Oikelome, the host, also welcomed participants with a message centered on hope, “resilience and picking up the broken pieces of ones life”
“Aramide Oikelome’s life reminds us that broken places can become beautiful places. Whatever you have faced, beauty still awaits you. God is not done with your story. Even in strange and difficult places, your voice, purpose, and joy are not lost.
Your song is still inside you. God told Israel at the Red Sea: ‘Move forward’. Don’t stay stuck. Your future is ahead, not behind. Rising demands discipline, courage, and intentional action. You cannot rise by accident” he said.
The keynote message, drawn from Job 14:7, emphasised that hope remains possible even in the face of deep loss. The teaching outlined five pillars for rebuilding: recognising hope, picking up broken pieces, rediscovering one’s voice, moving forward and preparing intentionally for the future.
In an interview with PM NEWS, Prof. Oikelome further explained the purpose of the initiative, saying it was created to support vulnerable groups and guide them towards stability and empowerment.
He urged the vulnerable to strive to rise up again, stressing that there is hope for everyone regardless of their situation.
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