…Hails Gov Makinde for creating culture, tourism ministry
Aare Egbe-Omo Balogun of Ibadanland, Olooye Adegboyega Taofeek Adegoke (FCA) has commended the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde for creating the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, saying this decision shows that the governor is a lover of culture.
The business mogul noted that if the annual World Twins Festival, Igbo-Ora is sustained and properly coordinated to attract foreign tourists.
it will boost the economy of not only Ibarapaland but the entire Oyo State.
Olooye Adegoke, who is governorship hopeful under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) made this known while delivering his speech as the Chairman of this year’s edition of World Twins Festival on Saturday.
According to him, “If we all come together to celebrate this festival every year, if we come together to organize it in a perfect way and we attract tourists from other countries like the Caribbean nations, Latin America, it will help catapult the economy of Ibarapaland.
And you know Ibarapa is a sub – set of Oyo State. Therefore, if the economy of Ibarapa improves, invariably the economy of Oyo state will improve.
“If this festival attracts tourists from Overseas, it will definitely attract developments. It will boost the economy of Ibarapaland because people will invest in hotels and tourism.
People will invest in transportation, the government will invest in security, electricity and other infrastructural developments.
“And I want to be part of the people that will bring developments to this place and encourage developments in Oyo State.
By next year, I will be here and by then I will have picked the governorship ticket and by 2027, by God’s grace, I will be governor of Oyo State and we will do it better”.
Adegoke later donated N20 million to the development of the festival and N10 million each to the people of Ibarapa Central, Ibarapa North and Ibarapa East .
Also speaking, the Olu of Igbo-Ora, Oba Jimoh Olajide Titiloye, said it’s the collective aspiration of all that the Igbo-Ora Twins Festival continues to grow “not only as a global celebration of our uniqueness but as a platform for youth development, peace-building and empowerment.
Together let us uphold the value, tradition and spirit that makes Igbo-Ora great while praying for a better future for generations yet unborn.
“We must nurture in our youth, the spirit of cooperation, discipline, hard work, dignity of labour and patriotism.
He said the Twins Festival must provide the platform to re-orientate the minds of the youth towards positive values and purposeful living, saying, “It is through this spirit that we must empower our youth towards access to quality education, vocational training, agriculture, and entrepreneurship.
“Our young people can become productive citizens who will uplift Igbo-Ora and lift Oyo State in future.
We must make Igbo-Ora a hub of youth empowerment”.
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