Oodua Descendants Worldwide Celebrate Ooni On 5th Anniversary

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II is set to commence activities for five years coronation anniversary today Friday.

News Rain Nigeria gathered that Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, is set to commence activities lined up in commemoration of his five years coronation anniversary today Friday 27th.

According to the committee, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN, Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and other dignitaries are expected to deliver speeches at the event taking place at Premier Hotel Ibadan.

Oodua Descendants Worldwide Celebrate Ooni On 5th Anniversary

Going further, according to a statement made available by Comrade Moses Olafare, Director, Media & Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Friday, December 4th is slated for 3 different activities; a Juma’at service at the Ife Central Mosque; Ile’Ya Omo Oodua, a program designed for reuniting all persons of Yoruba origin across the world with their source; and Free Medical cares to women suffering from Urinary Tract Infections(UTI) by HAI-Hopes Alives Initiatives, an NGO owned by the Ooni.

On Saturday 5th December, a historic Home Coming Visit the Ooni by sons and daughters of Otun Ekiti led by the Oore of Otun & Paramount Ruler of Mobaland, HRM, Oba Adekunle Adeagbo. The formal handing over of the site for the proposed International University of Global Peace, along Ifewara road, Ile-Ife will be held and followed by a Dinner for the Ooni organized by Asiwaju of Ife, Chief Alex Duduyemi.

The second Conference & Convention of South-West Traditional Rulers by the Heritage Forum will hold on December, 6th at Ife Grand Resorts in Ile-Ife, where several topical issues affecting the Yoruba nation worldwide will be discussed and the way forward decided. The day will also witness the grand finale party at the Ooni’s Palace organized by the 5th Year Coronation Anniversary Committee led by Sola Lawal and supported by Princess Toyin Kolade Team.

Among programs slated for Monday 7th December QMA-Queen Moremi Ajasoro Initiative by Princess Ronke Ademiluyi in conjunction with Her Excellency, Yeye Moremi Olufunso Amosun presenting the Moremi Olufunso Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Grants for women.

The same day is also for the official presentation of a special documentary by Story TV, a cultural TV channel owned by Ekundayo Balogun, a Dublin-based indigene of Ile-Ife.

Ooni’s Day With The Kids will hold on Wednesday 9th December while the Thanksgiving Service will climax the celebrations of the Ooni’s 5th Coronation Anniversary on Sunday 13th December 2020 by 10 am at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Ayegbaju in Ile-Ife.