By Kehinde Bamigbetan The boy in green shirt and brown knickers brought the right hand on his forehead down sharply to salute. His mates, equally dressed in the uniform of the Boy’s Scout of Nigeria followed suit. They began a military parade turning left and right and finished the exercise to the excitement of the audience. After the Boys Scout, the members of Red Cross , dressed in their white uniform with the organisation’s name in red letters stepped forward to perform a similar drill. Both clubs were well rewarded with deserved applause. The boys were put through the training by senior officials of the Boys Scout and the Red Cross just a few days before the event held on Friday April 28, this year. The venue was the football pitch of St John’s Grammar School, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.The audience comprised the 1977 set of the school’s alumni, the officers of the national body and wellwishers. One man made it happen. His name Adeniyi Ademiju, a pilot of over three decades who currently flies chartered operations. Ademiju was passionate about the need to stem the declining moral standards among the youths. According to him: “⁸the culture of respecting elders was disappearing.” […]