By Sola Richards
06 January 2025 |
7:25 pm
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and different ‘Lagos Icons’ shall be honoured on the grand finale of the Queen of Ibile Pageant, Awards, and Actuality Present on Friday, January 10, 2025, on the Shell Corridor, Muson Centre, Lagos. The award acknowledges Governor Sanwo-Olu’s visionary management and unwavering dedication to the event of Lagos State…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and different ‘Lagos Icons’ shall be honoured on the grand finale of the Queen of Ibile Pageant, Awards, and Actuality Present on Friday, January 10, 2025, on the Shell Corridor, Muson Centre, Lagos. The award acknowledges Governor Sanwo-Olu’s visionary management and unwavering dedication to the event of Lagos State throughout crucial sectors, together with infrastructure, tradition, tourism, and girls’s empowerment.
In response to Platinum Leisure, organizers of the pageant, the Queen of Ibile Pageant is a landmark occasion that celebrates the wealthy cultural heritage of Lagos whereas empowering younger ladies to turn into ambassadors of tradition, tourism, and innovation. Themed “I AM LAGOS,” the pageant highlights the pleasure, resilience, and variety of the state. Contestants representing Lagos’ 5 divisions—Ikorodu, Badagry, Ikeja, Lagos Division, and Epe—will compete within the grand finale after weeks of intensive mentorship and cultural immersion on the IBILE Mansion by Amen Property.
In an announcement made out there to reporters by the agency’s CEO, Ms. Edu Olayinka, Governor Sanwo-Olu shall be joined by different distinguished awardees who’ve contributed considerably to Lagos’ cultural, management, and financial improvement. These honorees, named ‘Lagos Icons,’ embody Ms. Sade Balogun, Chairman/CEO of Amen Property, for her transformational work in actual property, and music producer Michael Collins, popularly generally known as Don Jazzy, for his pivotal function in showcasing Lagos’ leisure expertise to the world.
Different honorees in governance embody Tayo Ayinde, Chief of Employees to the Governor, for his exemplary service to Lagos State, and Bayo Oshinowo, Chairman of Agboyi-Ketu, for his grassroots management and group service.
Within the artistic sector, Idris Olorunimbe, CEO of Temple Firm and Ogidi Studio, Keji Giwa, Founding father of Giwa Gardens, Bolanle Austen-Peters, Founding father of Terra Kulture and BAP Productions, and digital aNike Davies-Okundaye shall be honoured for his or her roles in selling tradition, advancing leisure, and elevating Lagos as a worldwide tourism vacation spot.
“The grand finale will function cultural showcases, thrilling performances, and the crowning of the Queen of Ibile, who will turn into an envoy for Lagos’ tourism, tradition, and commerce. As for the honorees, they signify the power, creativity, and resilience that make Lagos a beacon of innovation and progress. The Queen of Ibile Pageant isn’t just a magnificence contest—it’s a platform that drives actual influence,” Edu said.
Edu said that the pageant is endorsed by the Lagos State Authorities and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Tradition. “This underscores the administration’s efforts to place Lagos as a worldwide hub for tourism and tradition. It additionally aligns with the governor’s imaginative and prescient of fostering group improvement and empowering the state’s youth and girls.”
Proceeds from the pageant will help the Queen of Ibile Basis and initiatives, a non-governmental group geared toward schooling, mentorship, and social influence. The undertaking additionally amplifies Lagos’ repute as a metropolis of cultural and financial vibrancy, presenting alternatives for tourism and funding whereas preserving distinctive tales and traditions that uphold its cultural heritage. The undertaking additionally unbundles the Magnificence to Serve Initiative, which focuses on schooling, mentorship, and group tasks.
“This initiative is one other testomony to Governor Sanwo-Olu’s enduring legacy of supporting arts, tradition, and the empowerment of the Lagosian girl. The grand finale, which guarantees to be a blinding showcase of Lagos’ cultural heritage and trendy innovation, is about to attract the crème de la crème of Lagos society, with performances, cultural shows, and the crowning of the Queen of Ibile as key highlights of the forthcoming occasion,” Edu mentioned.
