Chairman, 2024 Ibadan Cultural Festival Planning Committee,Balogun Abdulgafar Ojetola has announced the commencement of this year Ibadan Week.
Balogun Ojetola in a statement in Ibadan said “the planning committee has considered it necessary to go ahead with some of the events which had been scheduled to hold in April before the unfortunate demise of late Oba Mohood Olalekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland”.
It would be recalled that the Committee shifted the programs of the 2024 Ibadan Week indefinitely after the demise of the late Olubadan. The event ought to have been held between April 14th and 20th.
According to Balogun Ojetola,” this time around, we are going to have staggered events which will kick off on Friday, May 31st with Talent hunts and Orekelewa brain and beauty pageant competition at Bode Amao hall,Ibadan house, Oke Aremo, Ibadan. This decision was arrived at after due consultation and approval of the Executives of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, CCII.
The program is expected to be declared open by the Chairperson of Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State, BCOS, Chief Mrs Dotun Olaitan.
Other eminent personalities expected to grace the occasion include a member of the House of Representatives, Hon Stanley Adedeji Odidiomo, Ibadan North West/ South West Federal Constituency, Dr Oladeji Salami a.k.a Dikko, the Chairman, Pacesetter Transport Services among others
Other events to follow include Ibadan All Youth Day Symposium, Table Tennis and Ayo Olopan competitions on June 4,2024, Ibadan Conference, Stage Play and Golf Competition on June 14,2024.