Oluwole Adetiran, the man who composed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) anthem, has died at 74.
Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) announced Adetiran’s death in a statement on Friday.
He composed the NYSC Anthem, titled: “Youths Obey the Clarion Call.”
According to Joseph Ogunremi, chairman of the church’s central choir, he died after a prolonged illness and that details of his burial would be announced in due course.
It was gathered that the deceased had been battling prostrate cancer for years.
The statement reads;
With heavy heart and gratitude to God, we announce the demise of the central choir music director, Asst. Ven Sup. evangelist Oluwole Adetiran today, Friday 6th May 2022 after a prolonged illness. May his soul rest in peace.
Funeral details will be announced in due course. I, Joseph Oluranti Ogunremi, chairman central choir, on behalf of all celestial choir worldwide appeal to parochial secretaries of all celestial parishes worldwide to please observe one minute silence during parishes announcement on Sunday 8th May 2022 and also pray for the family of the deceased.
Adetiran, an Indigene of Igbajo in Osun State Composed the popular NYSC Anthem in 1984 while serving as a Corp member at the Polytechnic of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
He was also a member of the Celestial Church of Christ where he was the National Music Director for the CCC Worldwide.
Adetiran studied music at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
In July last year, he revealed how he came about the anthem when Shuaibu Ibrahim, the NYSC director-general (DG), visited him.
He had said;
I was the leader of an NYSC group called ‘the anthem group’ and the then chief inspector saddled us with the responsibility of composing an anthem for the NYSC. I went home and spent quality time to compose the anthem to the admiration of all and I still have the manuscripts till today.
