Ahead of the first World Yoruba Carnival of Arts and Culture holding next February, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has inaugurated a seven-member Central Planning Committee (CPC), led by Otunba Femmy Carrena, who will serve as Coordinator-General, Worldwide for the event.
The committee members include: Dr. Tunde Adegbola, Chief Tunde Odunlade, an internationally renowned artist; Chief Ayo Afolabi (a political communicator, product and brand marketing guru), Mr. Oluwaseun Olayiwola and Mr. Yemi Shodimu.
A statement from the Ooni’s palace and signed by Otunba Carrena said the carnival slated to hold in Ile-Ife, Osun State, would revisit Yoruba’s positive history, culture and tradition that had survived for millennia.
