ELEDUMARE FESTIVAL 2022:. " KEEP YOUR RELIGION, RESPECT THE TRADITION OF THE PEOPLE" -- GUEST SPEAKER

 ELEDUMARE FESTIVAL 2022:  " KEEP YOUR RELIGION, RESPECT THE TRADITION OF THE PEOPLE " -- DR . ONI MICHEAL OLATUNJI

Written By Oluwatoyin Mathnuel INSIGHT MAG ONLINE NEWS PUBLISHER 

The just concluded 10th Eledumare festival  was scheduled for 21 days . This 21 day  started with spiritual prayers and various activities before the grand finale at Ifako / Ijaiye  Constituency, Iju/Ifako area of Lagos state to be precise!

 The Chief promoter  of Olokun festivala andCoordinator OPC world wide In person of The 15th Aareonakakanfo of Yoruba Land Iba Ige Gani Adams was.delighted to welcome all and sundry to the grand finale of Eledumare festival which he titled " Mother of All Festivals"  for the fact that Nigeria present situation is not favourable yet all still find time to acknowledged Eledumare who is the all in all. "

We can not but honour Eledumare who has been the reason for our existence, progress and other forms of life necessity Iba Gani Adams continued as he mounted the podium that in the last two decades Oodua Peoples Congress ( OPC) is the only socio- cultural organization in Nigeria that has the understanding of praising God for God is never a  God of religion but of nature. 

  Iba Gani Adams could not but buttressed his point that lack of the fear of Eledumare produces  deceitful, gullible leaders unlike the late sage chief Obafemi Awolowo who was a selfless leader and  what Nigerians , especially the Yoruba need is to call on Eledumare to consecrate the leaders mind and deal with the forces waging war against their good will for this country which can only happen by identifying themselves with people at the grassroot"

Dr Oni Micheal a special guest , a lecturer , senior researcher on African studies University of Lagos could not but clamoured  that ' Tradition is not an enemy of religion rather complimentary. Christians and Moslems should respect the tradition of the people for it is the Yoruba way of life,  Tradition means no harm! The believe of the people should be respected for it untraditional in Yoruba land  for a king not abide with the rites of installation or demise , this is a way of truncating tradition ordain by Eledumare ! Professor. Micheal Olatunji.concluded! 

Among  numerous guest that graced  year 2022  10th Eledumare festival was Olori Risikat Fatusi who represented The Onifako of Ifako, Oba Olusegun Benson ( Olojodu of Ojodu), Oba Hakeem Ambali ( Alaege of Orile Agege), Oba Idowu Akindele ( Alakute of Akute) Osi of Aareonakakanfo Chief Balogun, Onibari of Ibari( Baale of Ifako,),. Alhaja Adeyemi Iyalode of Ifako, Hon. Monsurat Isola representative of Ogbeni  Rauf Aregbesola, The media.and  of course members Oodua Peoples Congress home and abroad.