FORMER LAGOS SSG, PRINCESS ADENRELE BECOMES OWU CHIEF

It was a glorious day recently when  Chief Mrs Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya, Former Secretary to the Lagos State Government under Former Governor  Babatunde Raji Fashola was decorated as a Chief with the honor of ‘Omowonuade’ title in the Owu Kingdom in Abeokuta last week Friday October 2nd 2015 by the Paramount ruler of the Kingdom,  Oba of Owu, Kabiyesi (Dr) Olusanya Adegboyega Dosunmu (Amororo II) will but agree it was a well deserved one considering the outpouring encomium showered on the Princess.

The event which attracted Business and Political bigwigs in the society was held inside the Palace of the Monarch, Abeokuta, Ogun State as part of activities to mark this years Owu Day Festival. The annual Owu Day festival tradition started in 1999 and has attracted participation by several Owu indigenes and people from all over the world. On October 9, 2010, the Olowu of Owu Oba Dosunmu publicly declared the second weekend of the month of October as Owu’s public celebration of the goodness of the Almighty God. This declaration was made to usher in the new Omo Olowu festival which is to henceforth replace the previous Owu Day Festival. According to the Oba while speaking and explaining the literary meaning of the title,’it is a special Chieftancy title given  Princes or Princesses, she has seizes to bear Adenrele but now ‘Omowonuade’. Many do not know she’s also our daughter here, i have been all over her to accept the title for long but she has been reluctant, i thank God she accepted it today.

Everybody will agree with me it’s purely on merit’. Princess who was full of praises for the Monarch and the entire Owu Kingdom at large said’ it has been a well deserved home coming for me, my great, great, great, grand-mother was married to them in Owu so i am at home here. The title is on me to keep projecting the socio-cultural heritage of the Kingdom and that of Yoruba at large well as i use to’