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Oluwole Adetiran: Composer of NYSC anthem is dead

The composer of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) anthem, Dr Oluwole Adetiran, is dead.

He was 74.

He composed the scheme’s anthem in 1984.

Adediran, who studied music at University of Nigeria, Nsuka, recalled that he composed the anthem while serving as a corps member in Oyo State.

Before his demise, the NYSC anthem composer was the National Music Director of Celestial Church of Christ (CCC).

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