[img]http://www..ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/download7-600x408.jpg[/img]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday sent a congratulatory message to Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on his appointment as the new Ooni of Ife.
The appointment of 40-year old Ogunwusi was announced in a short statement by the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, in the early hours of Monday.
Ambode, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna admonished the new monarch to see his appointment as a call to service and to the upliftment of humanity.
While charging Ogunwusi to be courageous in his decisions, Ambode urged him to see the unity of the Yoruba race as a priority.
While congratulating the family members of the new Ooni, the Governor said they would have to bear with the demands of the job and support him morally, physically and spiritually.
The new Ooni is into real estate and was involved in developing many high prime estates in Lagos State.
The stool became vacant following the death of Oba Okunade Sijuwade at a London hospital on 28th July 2015.
Prince Ogunwusi is Ife’s 51st Ooni being the fifth direct descendant of the Giesi ruling House, Ojaja Royal Compound of Agbedegbede.
His father, according to history, was a radio and television anchor in the 1980s.
A holder of Higher National Diploma in Accountancy from the Polytechnic Ibadan, a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, the Institute of Management and an Associate Accounting Technician, Ogunwusi is a businessman with interests in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC).
In Nigeria, he set up and fostered strong trade relationships through the Association for International Business (AIB) with presence in over 200 member countries across the globe and developed one of the best resorts in Nigeria, leading a team that opened up a remote jungle called Inagbe Island in Amuwo Odofin LGA, Lagos.
The multi-billion naira Inagbe Grand Resorts and Leisure, Lagos Nigeria, launched on 13th December 2013, is the first of its kind in the whole of West Africa bounded by the Lagos Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean.
Ogunwusi was also involved in the trading and marketing of commodities as the main facilitator for Dangote Group’s break into the ‘up-country supply chain consortium’ between 1996 and 1999.
He has traded for Dohagro Allied, Global Apex, Olam, Clemco, Stallion Group and Milan Group and facilitated the biggest Lead and Aluminum recycling plant set up in Nigeria by the National Steel Company of India in Ota, Ogun State.