The founder of the First City Monument Bank, Otunba Olasubomi Balogun, has explained why he annually sponsors the Ojude Oba festival in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.
Balogun said that the reason why his organisation sponsors the Ojude Oba festival is due to the love he has for Ijebu and her people
FCMB has sponsored the festival annually for close to two decades, with the 2022 edition themed, ‘The Return of Ojude Oba’ after a two-year break occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking shortly before the event in his Ijebu Ode home, Balogun said, “God gave me FCMB and FCMB is part of me. FCMB must be interested in anything I am interested in.
The only way we can show appreciation to the founders and progenitors (of Ijebu people) is to participate in all the traditional undertakings that bring to the fore the culture and origins of the Ijebu. It is a unique event and I am very much involved.
“As a patriotic Ijebu, as soon as we started building branches, I brought FCMB here and the people have been patronising the bank.”