NYSC anthem composer dies at 74

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

The septuagenarian who died on Friday evening, has been announced in multiple Facebook groups of the Celestial Church of Christ, as he held the post of National Music Director before his death.

The Director-General of NYSC, Ibrahim Shuaibu, visited Pa Adeniran at his house in Ibafo, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, in July last year.

The Music graduate 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 studied music at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, recalled that he composed the anthem in 1984 while he was a corps member in Oyo State.