Aiyedatiwa renames Ondo event centre after Mimiko
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has renamed the International Centre for Culture and Events in Akure after former Governor Olusegun Mimiko. Read More:…
The event centre in question, built during Olusegun Mimiko's tenure as Ondo State governor (2009–2017), has served as one of Akure's major venues for cultural and social functions. Renaming public infrastructure after past leaders is a recurring feature of Nigerian state politics, often used to honour predecessors, signal political continuity, or mend ties between successive administrations, particularly when the sitting governor emerged from or maintains ties to the same political camp as the honouree.
Aiyedatiwa, who succeeded the late Rotimi Akeredolu, has in the past navigated a complex political relationship with Mimiko and the Zenith Labour Party structure in Ondo State before his defection to the All Progressives Congress. Both Punch and Tribune Online report the same core development, differing only in how they describe the venue's name and the act of renaming, with Punch referring to it as the International Centre for Culture and Events and Tribune Online calling it The Dome International Event and Cultural Centre. Neither report, as reflected in the available headlines, details the date of the renaming ceremony, the rationale given beyond "recognition," or any reaction from Mimiko himself.