Organizational continuity
Connecting OLICON’s founding period and earlier leadership with the organization’s present generation.
Board of Trustees
Guided by experience. Grounded in service.
The Board of Trustees brings experienced members of the OLICON community together — helping preserve the organization’s values, institutional memory, and long-term direction.
About the Board
Experience that helps sustain OLICON
The 2026 convention materials recognize the Honorable Board of Trustees as part of OLICON’s leadership presence — alongside the National Executive, regional coordinators, and chapter leaders.
Past and present leaders are thanked for steadfast leadership, sacrifice, and contributions toward sustaining OLICON — efforts described as helping lay the foundation on which the organization continues to stand.
The role of the Board
Continuity, memory, and shared responsibility
Presented here is the Board’s documented relationship to OLICON’s leadership, service, and continuity — without claiming formal powers not stated in the organization’s published materials.
Institutional memory
Carrying experience, relationships, and hard-won lessons that help sustain the fellowship over time.
Service & responsibility
Supporting OLICON’s shared mission through steadfast leadership, sacrifice, and collective responsibility.
Legacy for the future
Helping preserve the values and unity that allow OLICON to carry its legacy into the next decade.
Current trustees
Members of the Board
The trustees presented here are those explicitly identified as Board of Trustees members in OLICON’s 2026 convention materials. Additional verified members may be added as official information is confirmed.
Daoda Kanneh
Member, Board of Trustees
- First National President, OLICON
Daoda Kanneh is identified in the 2026 convention materials as the first National President of OLICON and a current member of the Board of Trustees. His message to the convention reflects on OLICON’s journey of dedication, unity of purpose, and resilience.
Dr. Wede Wallace Edherue
Member, Board of Trustees
- Chairperson, Abuja Chapter
Dr. Wede Wallace Edherue is identified in the 2026 convention materials as Chairperson of the Abuja Chapter and a member of the Board of Trustees. She also served as Chairlady of the Local Organizing Committee for the 2026 convention.
This directory reflects verified Board of Trustees members named in OLICON’s 2026 convention materials. It is not presented as a complete roster.
Featured trustee
Daoda Kanneh
Member, Board of Trustees
- First National President, OLICON
Daoda Kanneh is identified in the 2026 convention materials as the first National President of OLICON and a current member of the Board of Trustees. His message to the convention reflects on OLICON’s journey of dedication, unity of purpose, and resilience.
Service: Served as OLICON’s first National President and continues to serve as a Board of Trustees member.
“Unity is not merely an ideal — it is our chosen way forward. We redefine our purpose through renewed focus and collective responsibility, and we embrace all as we build a stronger community together.”
Leadership continuity
Past. Present. Future.
The Board stands within a wider tradition of people who have served OLICON across seasons — helping connect where the organization came from with the community it is becoming.
From founding service
OLICON’s early leadership helped establish a national fellowship among Liberians across Nigeria.
Through present stewardship
Experienced leaders continue to support unity, purpose, and institutional continuity today.
Toward the next decade
Anniversary messages call the community to carry OLICON’s legacy forward with renewed purpose.
Experience & legacy
A tradition of community service
OLICON’s leadership culture has been shaped by long-serving community leaders whose work strengthened fellowship long before — and after — the organization took its present form. These stories belong to the broader tradition of service from which OLICON’s leadership has developed. They are not presented here as Board memberships.
Supporting Liberians across decades
Mother Danlette Bedell Okafor is remembered for supporting Liberians in Nigeria for decades and helping establish an organized Liberian community in Enugu — an example of sustained community care.
Early leadership that endured
Pa. Mohammed Kengo is described as an early leader of the Liberian community who continued serving after the community became part of OLICON — illustrating continuity of service across generations of organization.
Unity through difficult seasons
Convention messages honor leaders and members who mentored others, strengthened relationships, and helped Liberians through difficult periods far from home.
Board & OLICON’s future
Carrying unity into the next decade
Board members speak of a future marked by unity, renewed purpose, inclusion, and collective responsibility — building a stronger community together.
- Restoring unity
- Redefining purpose
- Embracing all
- Collective responsibility
- Progress & harmony
- Legacy carried forward
A trustee’s voice
“Unity is not merely an ideal — it is our chosen way forward. We redefine our purpose through renewed focus and collective responsibility, and we embrace all as we build a stronger community together.”
Daoda Kanneh
First National President · Board of Trustees
National Executive
Meet the officers who lead OLICON day to day
The Board of Trustees is distinct from the National Executive Officers, regional coordinators, and state chapter leadership listed separately in OLICON’s organizational structure.
Built by service. Sustained by responsibility.
Explore the history, purpose, and leadership that continue to shape OLICON’s fellowship across Nigeria.