Osun monarch urges govt, others to fish out misfits among traditional rulers

The Olowu of the Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude, on Tuesday, challenged govt in any respect stages, academic students and relevant stakeholders to fish out misfits among mature rulers in Nigeria within the hobby of posterity and sustenance of cultural heritage.

He additionally emphasised the procure to discover culture as a tool rebrand Nigeria’s image globally, just appropriate as he decried the projection of the nation’s image in detrimental standpoint by the realm media.

Speaking at some level of the 14th Toyin Falola Global Convention (TOFAC) on Africa and African Diaspora, titled “African Cultural Creativity and Innovation”, which used to be hosted by the Osun Divulge University (UNIOSUN), Osogbo, Oba Oyelude acknowledged, “Throughout the mature institution don’t worried away. About a of us belief we are in a position to also additionally be on the throne and commerce the diagram put up halfway. No.”

He talked about, “we are place in culturally and we don’t procure any feature articulated by the Chieftaincy Regulations than being mature ruler for maintenance of custom and culture. We procure moderately a few cultural misfits among us. Please abet us to fish them out and appropriate it attributable to posterity.

Oba Oyelude added, “This venture of UNESCO partnering with the University of Texas in Austin and Osun Divulge University (UNIOSUN) is now not a minute feat. It is miles something to reckon with worldwide in utilizing culture to reshape our image worldwide.

Earlier in his take care of, the Vice Chancellor of UNIOSUN, Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye, expressed optimism that the resolutions and communiques developed at some level of the convention will outcome in fruitful future collaborations and progressive alternate options to culture-linked disorders in Nigeria and Africa at massive.

Additionally speaking, Professor Toyin Falola, from the University of Texas in Austin, United States, in whose honour the convention used to be named, underscored the necessity for African continent to be sure the preservation and sustenance of its culture.

Describing culture as a catalyst for creativity and foundation for identification, the don famed that “in a continent as diverse as Africa with bigger than 3,000 ethnic groups, a thousand languages, and loads of philosophies, culture serves because the institution that helps us gather sense of our differences.”

In the meantime, some mature rulers had been honoured with the presentation of awards by UNIOSUN at some level of the convention. The monarchs consist of the Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude, Orangun of Oke Ila, Oba Adedokun Abolarin, Eburu of Iba, Oba Adekunle Adeogun-Okunoye, among others.