Ahead
of the ‘Celebrating 10 Kings’ project pioneered by Nigeria’s
Leading Pencil Artist- Alesh Akeem, the celebrity Artist has paid a
courtesy visit His Royal Majesty, Oba Abideen Adekanbi Durosimi- The
Osolu of Irewe.
Oba
Abideen Adekanbi Durosimi is the paramount ruler of Irewe Kingdom
ruling over 37 communities and has contributed immensely to the
growth of youths and their personal development at various levels.
The
10 King’s Project is an initiative of Alesh Akeem and his
management which is aimed at celebrating and recognizing 10 kings in
Nigeria with outstanding excellence. The programme is bid to run from
July through September 2017.
Alesh
Akeem while speaking on the significance of the project said “I
think it’s high time we started celebrating our kings and give them
the recognition they deserve because they do a lot in developing and
keeping our society in order. These are the first kind of governments
we knew even before democracy; so the penetration of the western
government shouldn’t make us forget our origin.
“They
are the custodians of our culture and they are the ones who have
taken it upon themselves to make sure heritage is transferred from
one generation to another. This is why I and my team came up with
this project to honor these Icons of History and Heritage.” He
added.
The
Celebrity Pencil Artist also hinted the pressmen that Life-Size
hyper-realistic portraits will be made in respect of this project,
exhibited, and will be presented to the selected kings.
His
management however added that other Kings on the list will be
revealed as events unfold.
Irewe
Kingdom is located at Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.
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