Communication specialist Tunde Thani and a former Federal Permanent Secretary Sola Enikanolaye, are among dignitaries expected at the Ogidi Day Festival in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State tomorrow.
Thani, who is the Managing Director of Explicit Communications Ltd, will chair the event while Enikanolaye is the Special Guest of Honour.
Governor Yahaya Bello, who is the Chief Guest of Honour, will open the festival while world renowned batik artist and Yeyeoba of Ogidi, Chief Nike Okundaye, will present the New Yam to the Ologidi, Oba Rabiu Oladimeji Sule.
The monarch will also confer chieftaincy titles on Thani, the Administrator of Ijumu council Taofiq Isah and a Lagos-based banker, Mr. Victor Alewo Adoji
A statement by the National President of Ogidi Development Union (ODU), Kayode Eniolorunda, said the new Olujumu of Ijumu, Oba Segun Ayeni, will be the Royal Father of the Day while a distinguished son of the community and Oliha of Ogidi, Chief Abiodun Ehindero, will be the Father of the Day.
A N250 million fund for water reticulation, ambulance and power generating set for the cottage hospital and the construction of a new community centre will be launched at the event, while visiting troupes from Ondo, Edo, Benue and Plateau States will treat guests to various cultural displays.