His name might not ring a bell across the society yet but those who may have been privileged to listen to him on radio, as well as members of his constituency, will readily attest to the fact that, it’s only a matter of time Wale Omotola will become the next big thing in the field he’s chosen to ply his trade.
Amiable and handsome Omotola, a graduate of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has over the years proven not to be one who rest on the hoarse of his talent but believes in self upgrade, breaking new grounds and constantly setting new goals. On the heel of his dedication to whatever cause he’s involved, today, Wale occupies prestigious post of the Vice Chairman of Freelance Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria, FIBAN.
Aside of his ability to perfectly compeer events and write scripts, Wale is armed with singing talent that has seen him produced an album. Also, as an individual who loves pace setting, he was the first among his contemporaries to become newspaper publisher. He’s the publisher of a community publication, Heptagon newspaper. As it is, the humorous on air personality is making waves with another pace he recently set in book publishing. He debuted as an author with a new book, Eni Buru Mo. As the book is receiving commendation from all over, it’s been reviewed on air by a couple of presenters both home and abroad. It’s also available for sales at different points that include, Glendora bookshop Shoprite, Ikeja, Patabah bookshop Shoprite, Surulere, Faaji FM, Radio Lagos among others.
Speaking on what his decision of writing the book in Yoruba language, the articulate dude said, he did because he uses indigenous language as a broadcaster and secondly, as a way to promote Yoruba language. He also revealed he was compelled to use indigenous language so that he could appeal more to the grass root people that are predominantly his audience.
Speaking further, Wale said he sees writing the book in indigenous language as a necessary step since the Yoruba race is fast losing her aged Yoruba literature giants like Akinwunmi Ishola, hence, need for others to step up, so the heritage and culture of the Yorubas don’t go into extinction.
Talking about the encouragement, Wale said he felt so great weeks back when attended an International Book Fair at the University of Lagos, UNILAG. He revealed he felt so special and was treated as such based on the fact that every other young authors present at the event produced their books in English language and he was the only one who did his work in indigenous Yoruba language.
