Ibadan indigenes set up Mega City status C’tte
As part of efforts to make Ibadan a mega city by 2040, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) has inaugurated 20 committees toward the realisation of the project. Ibadan The CCII President-General, Mr Yemi Soladoye, inaugurated the committees in Ibadan on Sunday. CCII, which was founded in 1982, is the umbrella body of all Ibadan indigenous clubs. It has 236 clubs affiliated to it. Soladoye said that the CCII had repositioned to ensure that Ibadan would become a mega city by 2040. He called on Ibadan indigenes to work together to achieve the aim. “We have come up with robust programmes and projects for economics, political and cultural rennaisance of Ibadan land. “There is no room for pessimism, cynism or armchair patriotism. Let nobody discourage us that the project is impossible; in fact we have started already. “We should be tired of still chorusing the greatness of our forefathers almost 150 years after. “We need new songs and heroes in Ibad