The Ooni of Ife, Oba
Adeyeye Ogunwusi on Friday ended his visit to Ekiti state with a promise that
the Yoruba-speaking states in Nigeria would soon have a common anthem in local
dialect that will be sung at every public forum immediately after that of the
national anthem.
The monarch made the
pronouncement when he visited Governor Ayo Fayose at the Government House to
round-off his two-day official visit to the state.
He said the need for
such Yoruba anthem had become necessary in view of the need to inculcate the
spirit of solidarity, unity, service,love and togetherness on every yoruba
person, irrespective of age and status.
He said he drew his
inspiration about forming a common Yoruba anthem after listening to the one
already adopted by Ekiti state many years ago.
He also promised to
release a book that would further add value to his current peace efforts across
the country.
He described the state
as a model, saying most of the new experience gathered in the state would be
adopted and incorporated into the overall yoruba affairs in near
future.
“My ascension to the
throne of Oduduwa is not by mistake, it was God, the creator that ordained it
and it is my belief that He has a clear role for me, and that role is to bring
all my people together and foster peace among them
“We yorubas must learn
to do only those things that unite us,and not those that separate us because
there cannot be growth and development where peace and unity are conspicuously
absent
“The time has come for
us leaders in the country, especially those of us in yorubaland to put
supremacy aside,we are all nothing before God, we are just basically
human", the Ooni said.
In a response, host
governor Fayose thanked the Ooni for extending his visit to two days to enable
him fraternize more with the Ekiti people and urged him to continue with his
tempo of peace amd prayers for the yoruba people and the entire nation.
-Daily Trust
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