Ooni Of Ife Returns After A 10 Day Royal Visit To Canada Where He Wooed Cultural Toursims Investors..

The Ooni of Ife and Arole Oduduwa, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) on Friday played host to a group of black Africans and Caribbeans who are top government functionaries of the city of Brampton in Ontario Canada.

During the meeting, both parties agreed to establish a standard mobile museum of African arts with a view to showcasing the cultural and economic potentials of the black race to the world.


The African foremost monarch told his visitors that If the people can see one another as one family, sound of wars in the world will drastically reduce.


The Ooni while expressing his thankfulness for the warm reception and great hospitality enjoyed in Brampton and Toronto admonished the black people all over Canada to always rally themselves as one big family of African origin, assuring them of his fatherly collaboration for the unity and progress of the black race.



Speaking on behalf of the delegation Councilor Charmaine Williams of the Brampton City Council said the project as proposed will cost 250 million Canadian dollars with an equity of 25 million saying it will be the biggest African arts museum in the world and will serve as a major rallying point for the black people all over the world.

Sophia Brown Ramsay of the Black Community Action NetworkBCAN) praised the Ooni for his leadership and relentless efforts to foster unity among the black people across the world.

Ooni Ogunwusi and his entourage including his queen, Olori Naomi Ogunwusi(Yeyeluwa) and had on Wednesday 7th August 2019 arrived Toronto Pearson Airport received by Ambassador Adeyinka Asekun of Nigeria embassy, members of Nigerian community in Canada, Yoruba Community and members of the Hope4Sure Foundation led by Peju Oke who also coordinated the Ooni's historic visit to Canada.


While in Canada, the Ooni was hosted to a proclamation day by the Mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown who honoured him with the City key and flag exchange.


He gave a keynote speech at the 2019 edition of African Business Forum, he chaired the maiden edition of the Imperial Awards, he attended the Yoruba cultural nite, and visited the hospital for sick Children, known as SickKids, a pediatric teaching hospital of University of Toronto where he together with Rev(mother) Esther Ajayi of Esther Ajayi Foundation held talks with the management of the hospital & SickKids Foundation for support in eradicating sickle cell menace in Africa.


The Spiritual head of Yoruba race globally also hosted a number of international business delegations including Triple Five Group a conglomerate based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, which specializes in shopping malls, entertainment, tourism, hotels, real estate and banks led by its Chairman Nadal Ghermezian. He equally hosted Gurmeet BHAMRAH, President of Bombay Sports Co. LTD. And Global T20 Canada who had visited alongside his wife, children and management team visited the king to seek his spiritual blessings.


HRMs Zaki of Arigidi Akoko, Oba Yisa Olanipekun, Oloba of Oba-Ile, Oba Adekunle Oyeyemi, Adagba of Iyanfoworogi-Ife and President of Esther Ajayi Foundation, Rev(mother) Esther Ajayi among others accompanied The Co-Chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria(NCTRN) who retuned to Nigeria on Sunday.