Olubadan Palace: CCII assures of completion of first phase by December 2022 as the Council pay homage to Oba Lekan Balogun
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.
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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.
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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.
