OMG! IDO Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria again!
Are you from Ekiti State?
Are you a Nigerian?
Are you from any part of this planet Earth?
Are you a tourism-friendly mind?
Then you should be interested in this news that concerns a historical town in Ekiti State called Ido - Ekiti.
Yesterday, Ido Ekiti celebrated Ajodun Ido ( A celebration day for Ido)
The town received
Into its bowel thousands of visitors, tourists, and well-wishers.
Ido is a town that has produced and still producing eminent personalities who invited their friends to celebrate with the King of Ido Ekiti Oba Ayorinde Ilori-faboro who is the Chairman, of Ekiti State Council of Traditional Oba, and the people of the town.
According to the Oba Faboro, the town is lucky to have produced a Senator who represents the Ekiti North Senatorial District, Senator Cyril Fasuyi, a member of the House of Assembly, Hon Hon Fawekun Babatunde Abiodun, a Special Adviser to the Governor of the State who oversees the Office of Transmission Service and Delivery, Dr John Ekundayo and a Chairman of Ido Osi Local Government, Hon Dr Lawrence Ogunsina and others.
The town enjoys having patriotic sons and daughters who are always rooting for the progress of the people of the town
Such men like Prince Akintunde Olayisade Biodun Abe, of the National Theatre, Terry Adewale- Fajembola, Olusola Asonibare Godwin, Prof Kayode Familoni
These distinguished and eminent sons and daughters of this historic town invited their friends and associates to celebrate with them
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Environment, Hon Chief Mrs Toyin Ajisafe Aluko led a powerful delegation of her friends and associates, Princess Adetohun Agboola, Special Adviser to the Governor of Ekiti State on Physically Challenged People, Ambassador Wale Ojo-Lanre and his team from the Bureau of Tourism Development, a team from the National Museum.
The Ajodun Ido 2023 was unique in content and branding.
This year's was weaved around the tourism assets of the town with a special focus on the
1: The first Car to be purchased by an Oba for use in Ekitinland
This car is also claimed to be the first car to have entered Ekiti land
The car was brought into Ekiti in 1922
The car was acquired by the late Oba Adejuwon Tewogboye.
The car was driven to Ekiti by a white man.
2. The same late Oba Adejuwon was the first Oba to have built a storey building as the palace in Ekiti.
Also, Ajodun Ido 2023 was used as an avenue to launch a 750 million development fund.
Pictures: A video interview of Amb Wale Ojo - Lanre, Esq about the first Royal Car in Ekiti
2: Dr John Ekundayo and Hon Tosin Aluko,
3: Amb Wale Ojo-Lanre, paying obeisance to Olojudo of Ido Ekiti.
4: Picture of the Royal Car
5:The first Royal - Storey palace
6: Amb Ojo-Lanre with Dr and Mrs John Ekundayo.
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..........powered by the Bureau of Tourism Development, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
