Ogbomoso Parapo
PATRON:
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE SOUN OF OGBOMOSOLAND
ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
OGBOMOSOPARAPO.DC@GMAIL.COM
About US (Washington DC chapter)
The formation of Ogbomoso Parapo, Washington, DC Chapter (OPDC) was first conceived in the summer of 1971, as a result of discussion among Ogbomoso sons and daughters living in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. They immigrated to the United States from different parts of Nigeria and Ghana. Some knew each other from their former places of abode while others met each other for the first time in the US. Some were born and raised in Ogbomoso and some were not. Many of the founding members grew up in cities where Ogbomoso Parapo was already in existence as a forum to bring all Ogbomoso indigenes living in those cities together in order to form a common bond. However, the common denominator among the founding members is their love of OGBOMOSOLAND.
After many months of laying the groundwork, which included recruitment of members by word of mouth, Ogbomoso Parapo was officially launched as a social organization in the summer of 1974. Ogbomoso Parapo is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the District of Columbia.
Ogbomoso Parapo is a social organization with no association with any political entity in the United States of America or Nigeria.
Ogbomoso Parapo, Washington DC Chapter is one of the first Yoruba ethnic organizations formed in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
objective
❖ To cater to the social, moral, cultural and financial needs of ALL members.
❖ To contribute to the socio-economic development of Ogbomosoland to the best ability of the organization.
❖ To teach the new generation the history and the cultural heritage Ogbomosoland.
❖ To promote cooperation and peaceful co-existence with other ethnic organizations in Washington, DC
❖ To help newly arriving Ogbomoso indigenes settle in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area.
Current Officers
Mr. Adeyinka Bamidele President
Mr. Babatunde Adigun Vice President
Mr. Adeyemi Adewuyi General Secretary
Contact Us
All correspondence to: Ogbomosoparapo.dc@gmail.com
MEETING TIME
Ogbomoso Parapo meets every last Sunday of the month.
ANNUAL PICNIC
Ogbomoso Parapo organizes an annual picnic every summer, inviting ALL indigenes of Ogbomoso in the DC Metropolitan Area. And friends of Ogbomosoland.