CCII assures completion of phase 1 of Olubadan palace in December

The President-General of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), Prince Oluyemisi Adetayo Adeaga has given assurance on the completion of the first phase of the ongoing Olubadan palace project by December 2022.

Adeaga made the disclosure when he led Executive members of the CCII on a courtesy visit to the newly installed Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Dr Lekan Balogun at his Alarere residence on Tuesday as part of the activities marking the ongoing Ibadan Week Festival which began on Sunday with Church Service at St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral, Aremo, Ibadan.

The CCII boss disclosed that the ancient city of Ibadanland is one of the recipients of the fund released by the Federal government for palace projects across the Country even though it was very handy.

He, therefore, requested for the support of the new Olubadan by sanctioning the committee to be set up by the CCII to monitor the usage of the money just as it generates additional funds not only to complete phase one of the project but to also begin work on the next phase.

Olubadan palace is a project that would involve everybody. With our population in Ibadan said to be four million according to the last population census, if just one million people out of the four million are captured as eligible to a thousand Naira each, a billion Naira would be raised and that would do something”.

The CCII President-General expressed happiness on the emergence of Dr Balogun as the new Olubadan despite the initial hiccups and the kind of coronation held was unequalled in the history of coronation ceremonies in Ibadanland.

He said, “with the way things turned out and the kind of weather experienced on the day of the coronation with a harmless heavy night shower that rounded off the day, we can say with confidence that the morning had already shown how the night would be as the good time to expect under the reign of the new Olubadan.”

Insisting that this year’s Ibadan Week Festival would have been an exercise in futility without Olubadan’s presence, Prince Adeaga said everything had fallen in line with the coronation held last Friday just as he disclosed that the members would not go to the venue of the grand-finale on Saturday without assurance that Oba Dr Balogun would be there live and direct.

Responding on behalf of Olubadan, Otun Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Tajudeen Ajibola thanked the CCII for their commitment and sacrifice for the ancient metropolis, asking them not to relent on every move and effort that would raise the bar of Ibadan socially, economically, culturally and even politically.

He described the socio-cultural group as the conscience of the Ibadan, a duty that places on the enormous responsibility for the total well-being of all the residents of the ancient metropolis with a prayer that the Almighty God would always crown their efforts with resounding success.

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