IFA PRIEST PROPOSES PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS SHOULD BE MADE TO TAKE TRADITIONAL-OATH
An Ifa priest, Chief Fashola Faniyi, has suggested that public office holders should be made to swear through traditional gods.
Faniyi, who is also the founder of the Ancestral Pride Foundation, an NGO, spoke on Wednesday on the sideline of a news conference to mark the first anniversary of the foundation in Ota, Ogun State.
Faniyi said the foundation was established to promote African socio-cultural heritage.
The Ifa priest argued that as long as governments at all levels refuse to recognise traditional religion alongside Christianity and Islam, true change would be difficult to achieve in the country.
Faniyi said: “Why can’t we swear in our public officers through traditional methods such as the god of iron and the god of thunder, to mention just a few.
“Why must our president and governors take the oath of office only with the Bible and Quran?’’
Faniyi further said that the foundation had concluded plans to donate items worth over N500, 000 to orphanages in Ota and its environs.
He said the foundation would also introduce Yoruba quiz competition in both primary and secondary schools in Ota.
Faniyi, however, appealed to parents to always speak their indigenous languages to their children at home.
“Majority of the children today cannot communicate in their local languages and this does not portray a good image of our culture,’’ he added.
He further urged the nation’s filmmakers to take urgent measures to portray indigenous culture in positive ways in order to change the orientation of the people.
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