Glo marks two decades of sponsorship with car gifts, others

To mark its 20 years of strong support and promotion of the yearly Ojude Oba festival by  the Ijebu, Globacom yesterday  gave out brand new cars, tricycles,  generator    and grinding machines to lucky  participants.

Globacom also   distributed   top-of-the-grade bags  Basmati rice to all  Regberegbes as a way of celebrating them

The  event, which was attended by Ogun State  Governor   Dapo Abiodun,    Arts, Culture, Tourism  and Creative Economy Minister   Hannatu Musa-Musawa and  Ogbeni Oja of Ijebuland, Olorogun Sunny Kuku, was a parade of colour and great display by about  100   Regberegbe groups.

The  Balogun families   displayed the hallmark of warriors with their dexterity in guiding their horses. They also    paraded to honour the age-long yearly tradition of paying obeisance to the Awujale of Ijebu land after the Eid celebrations.

 In his goodwill message at the event,  Governor Abiodun  poured encomium on the over six decades reign of the Awujale, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona,  as that of “purposeful leadership, progressive vision and unwavering commitment to the upliftment of Ijebuland and the entire Ogun State.”

  Musawa  described the festival as a   testament to the “richness of our cultural diversity and the resilience of our traditional institutions in preserving history for future generations.”

One of the car  winners was 52-year-old Opeoluwa Osisanwo, a member of Egbe Tobalase Okunrin. 

  Osisanwo   was adjudged the most outstanding young leader in Ijebuland who has served the community  for years as Secretary of the Ojude Oba Festival Planning Committee.

He said: “I never knew people were watching me. I was just serving the  land of  my birth to the best of my ability”.