Ondo monarch marks 20th coronation anniversary with free surgeries, cultural fiesta

Indigenes and residents of Ondo Kingdom are set to profit from complete free surgical procedures as a part of occasions commemorating the 20th coronation anniversary of the paramount ruler, the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo.

The healthcare intervention, tagged ‘Competition of Surgical procedures’, attracts instantly from the monarch’s skilled background as a medical physician and headlines a two-month calendar of legacy infrastructural tasks, cultural showcases, and educational fixtures packaged by the Ondo Improvement Committee (ODC).

The commemorative actions, working by December 24, 2026, will culminate within the grand finale of the annual Ekimogun Day Competition on December 26, 2026, anchored on the theme: ’20 Years of Unprecedented Peace and Improvement in Ondo Kingdom’.

In a significant cross-cultural characteristic of the anniversary, the monarch will confer honorary chieftaincy titles on two outstanding Individuals: veteran hip-hop broadcaster and media icon Sway Calloway, and American music govt and cultural advocate Leila Steinberg, alongside distinguished Nigerian honourees acknowledged for excellent neighborhood affect.

The Chairman of the anniversary planning committee, former Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin College, Akungba-Akoko, and Excessive Chief Lisa-elect of Ondo Kingdom, Professor Femi Mimiko, introduced the itinerary in an official assertion launched on behalf of the committee.

Mimiko defined that the ‘Competition of Surgical procedures’ was intentionally designed to ship fast, life-transforming medical reduction to weak residents, guaranteeing that the milestone celebration transcends ceremonial pageantry to yield measurable social welfare affect.

“The medical programme is among the many sensible interventions designed to translate the celebration into tangible advantages for our individuals, fairly than confining it to ceremonial actions,” the planning committee famous.

Different key programmes scheduled throughout the dominion embody the commissioning of neighborhood legacy tasks, an artwork and craft exhibition, a public symposium on the dominion’s socioeconomic trajectory, an inter-school debate competitors amongst secondary colleges, and a commemorative golf event.

The ODC, chaired by Chief Oye Akinsulire, famous that the 20-year milestone affords a strategic platform to bolster the dominion’s developmental grasp plan whereas celebrating 20 years of peace and institutional stability beneath Oba Kiladejo, who ascended the traditional throne in 2006.

The planning committee additionally contains the Itagbuyi of Ondo Kingdom, Chief Wole Benson Akinkuolie, and Dr. Nelson Osungbemiro of Adeyemi Federal College of Schooling, Ondo.