Former Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Adejare Bello, has advised the  state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, not to allow himself to be misled into taking hasty and ill-conceived actions that could put his name on the negative pages of history by attempting to tamper with the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) established in Osogbo as a UNESCO affiliated institution on Culture.

The former speaker, who gave the charge in a statement in Osogbo, said it sounded most incredible that the Osun State House of Assembly could embark on what he called a “ridiculous” action in spite of available records in the state legislature.

According to Adejare, the UNESCO consultants who visited the state twice to conduct feasibility studies on the centre, warned of dire consequences should government attempt to control CBCIU.

 Adejare said the submission of management expert, Peter F. Drucker, that “there is nothing as useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all,” applied to steps taken on the centre by the Osun State government.

He said the documents forwarded to the House of Assembly in year 2008 indicated that, “it was one of the categorical expectations of UNESCO that no government would interfere in the running of CBCIU and that the donated structures at the centre would be in place before its commissioning.”

“More importantly, international conventions recognise CBCIU as a cultural property which must not be violated,” the former Speaker stated.

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