This is contained in a statement jointly signed by initiators of Twins Tourism, Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye.
The statement explained the festival billed for October 8 is aimed at celebrating the unique beings and other multiple births from all walks of life.
Theme “Twinning for World Economic Recovery”, the organisers said the event is aimed at “celebrating the uniqueness of multiple births and held annually in Igboora, a town famous for having the world largest concentration of living multiple births.”
The 2022 edition of the festival would be the first edition after the demise of its grand patron and regular attendee, late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo.
“The festival would celebrate specially the lifetime of late Oba Adeyemi who fathered a set of triplet and some sets of twins.
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“The Olu of Igboora, Oba Jimoh Titiloye would lead all the traditional rulers in the town to welcome all and sundry to the special occasion.
“The event would feature twins fashion show, twins parade, talent show, festival art exhibition, circus performance and regular features of twins cuisines among others.
“The event scheduled to hold on October 8 at the event arena of Methodist Grammar School in Igboora, welcome back from the Covid-19 pandemic which ravaged the entire world.
“We call on brands and corporate organizations to activate sponsorship as well as brand promotion at the festival adjudged to be the biggest of its kind,” the statement reads.