Wole Adetiran, composer of NYSC Anthem dies at 74

By Dayo Badmus,

The composer of the National Youth Service Corps anthem, Wole Adetiran is dead.

The music graduate from the University of Nigeria, Nsuka reportedly died on Friday evening, May 6, 2022.

The Ogun State NYSC Coordinator, Dr Belinda Faniyi, also confirmed the news, stating that she was about to inform the Director-General about the news.

“The LGI just informed me (about the death) so I’ll let DG know,” she said.

The late Adetiran’s death has also been announced on multiple Facebook groups of the Celestial Church of Christ, as he held the post of National Music Director before his death.

The 74-year-old was in July 2021 visited by the NYSC Director-General, Ibrahim Shuaibu, at his house in Ibafo, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The septuagenarian, who composed the song in 1984, 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.

Adetiran, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in music recalled that he composed the anthem in 1984 while he was a corps member in Oyo State.