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Installation Ceremony Of New Olubadan To Hold March 11 – Makinde

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Installation Ceremony Of New Olubadan To Hold March 11 – Makinde

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved March 11 for the installation of Senator Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadan land.

This was contained in a letter addressed to Lekan Balogun, the Olubadan designate, and signed by Bashir Olanrewaju, permanent secretary, ministry of local government and chieftaincy matters in Oyo.

“I refer to a letter dated No.IBSELG243TI/17 of February 16, 2022, on the above subject and inform you that His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, has approved March 11, 2022 as the date of the installation of the new Olubadan of Ibadan,” the letter reads.

The governor also congratulated the Olubadan-elect.

Thelagostimes recalls that the governor had, on February 14, approved Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland.

Balogun, who holds a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.), had earlier represented Oyo Central senatorial district between 1999 and 2003.

He will succeed Saliu Adetunji, who died on 2nd January, 2022 at the age of 93.

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Ayomide Ayano

A writer, communicator, Graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and a Christian.

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