The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Abiodun Makinde, and the Chairman/CEO of Moniepoint, Mr Tosin EniOlorunda, are atop the list of dignitaries for the launch of an Endowment and Charity Fund instituted by The Order of the Knights of St Mulumba Nigeria (KSM), in the Ibadan Metropolitan Council, slated for Wednesday, November 18, 2026.
The official launch, scheduled for 10am at the Pope John Paul II Hall at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Catholic Chaplaincy, University of Ibadan, would be preceded by a Holy Mass to be celebrated by Most Reverend Gabriel Ojeleke Abegunrin, the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan.
The Chairman of the charity fund unveiling ceremony is Dr Segun Aina OFR, a former President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), while the Chief Host is Sir Steve Adehi SAN, the Supreme Knight. Sir (Engr) Lucas Ajibade Ijasan, the Metropolitan Grand Knight of Ibadan Metro Council, is the host of the event.
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The Wednesday launch would be preceded on Tuesday, November 17, by the inauguration of a new Sub-Council of the KSM in Ibadan Metropolitan Council in the Catholic Diocese of Oyo by the Supreme Knight, Sir Steve Adehi SAN. The Catholic Bishop of Oyo Diocese, Most Reverend Emmanuel Adetoyose Badejo, will celebrate the Mass of the inauguration.
A statement by the Ibadan Metropolitan Central Planning Committee of the funding, chaired by Sir (Dr) Nicholas Dosumu, the Deputy Metropolitan Grand Knight, says the money raised through the endowment would be carefully curated and invested in long-term financial frameworks which would enable the Order to sustain its programmes and reduce the dependence of the KSM on incessant financial contributions by members for its charity work and sundry activities.
Dr Dosumu, KSM, added in the statement that donations and contributions received through the fundraising will be preserved as capital and prudently invested, with only part of the income deployed each year to support the Order’s seven pillars of service. The seven pillars of service of the KSM range from emergency relief and healthcare outreach to education, the Prison Apostolate and care for widows and orphans.
He explained that what the Order builds today will continue to serve the Church and humanity long after the current membership. The Endowment Fund, he further explained, is aimed at instituting a sustainable financial foundation for the charitable activities of the KSM, which are known social interventions in religious and secular initiatives.
The Metropolitan Grand Knight, Sir Ajibade Lucas Ijasan, through the Planning Committee, has therefore concluded arrangements to host His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde as the Special Guest of Honour; the Supreme Knight, Sir Steve Adehi SAN, and the other distinguished kind-hearted
Nigerians at the charity unveiling ceremony aimed at raising and securing funds for the immediate and future charity works of the KSM in the Ibadan Metropolitan Council.
The Mulumba Legacy Donor Circle (MLDC) initiative of The Order of the Knights of St Mulumba Nigeria (KSM), and its accompanying Honours Framework are designed by the KSM as a strategy to make its charitable mission sustainable. The KSM Nigeria Endowment Fund has been mapped out as one of the strategies to sustain and strengthen the KSM charitable mission and make it a permanent foundation.
The Order of the Knights of St Mulumba Nigeria (KSM) was founded on June 14, 1953, by Reverend Father Abraham Anselm Isidahome Ojefua. The KSM is modelled after the Sacred Order of Catholic Knighthoods.
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