The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba Saka Matemilola, has stated Nigeria’s cultural heritage will most effective have that means if it drives collective motion for training, healthcare, undertaking and environmental coverage.
Oba Matemilola said this on Monday at his palace in Oke In the past Owu, Abeokuta, whilst briefing newsmen at a press convention to flag off Odun Omo Olowu 2026.
The monarch, who spoke at the yr’s theme, ‘A Motion to Motion: Strengthening The Owu Legacy’, stated heritage should transcend fanfare.
Oba Matemilola stated tradition should be handled as each a present and a accountability, caution that celebrating custom with out transmitting its values is empty.
“As we have fun, allow us to keep in mind that the power of our kingdom lies within the cohesion, personality and dedication of our folks. Allow us to proceed to advertise training, enhance healthcare, beef up undertaking, offer protection to the environment and create alternatives for the following era.
“We honour our forebears no longer most effective through remembering their achievements, but in addition through construction upon them. We keep our tradition no longer most effective through celebrating our traditions, but in addition through transmitting our values to the following era,” he stated.
The primary-class monarch stated Odun Omo Olowu, which runs for 13 days and can climax on October 31, 2026, isn’t just a reunion of Owu little children at house and within the diaspora, however a platform to resume dedication to group development.
He prompt younger folks to peer themselves as custodians of historical past, including that their alternatives and abilities will form the legacy left at the back of.
Additionally talking, the Towulade of Owu-Akinale, Oba Oluseyi Adediran, warned youths to not permit themselves for use as political thugs or precipitated with cash forward of the 2027 normal elections.
Oba Adediran maintained that younger folks should interrogate the background and capability of the ones searching for their votes, slightly than observe cash.
“We say our youths will have to no longer be utilized in any shape for political marketing campaign. Our youths will have to take a seat down and move during the profiles of folks they’re balloting for,” Oba Adediran stated.
“Who’re they? The place are they coming from? After we had been rising up we used to learn biographies. Google their biography, know them. What is their power? Who’s their father? Who’s their mom? What have they completed that it’s important to vote for them? Those are tips that youths must observe so that you’re going to understand how to direct your trail.”
The monarch additionally warned towards vote-buying and the get-rich-quick syndrome, describing it as a trail to destruction.
“Existence isn’t just anyways. Anyone does not simply convey cash and come up with cash and say we’re balloting. Transient cash is not anything.
“When you should not have correct basis, you can not move top. So please we inspire you, do not use your power, do not be used for brief cash. Get your PVC. On Election Day, move there, do your bidding and inspire others to vote. That are meant to be your task,” he added.