Chief promoter of Olokun Festival Foundation and national
coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Gani Adams, has said
one of the reasons Nigeria has failed to successfully tackle the Boko
Haram insurgency is the disregard for the country’s rich traditional
values and cultural heritage.Speaking at the maiden edition of the 2014 Ajagunmale Festival held in Ibeju- Lekki area of Lagos,
Adams said Nigeria is bedevilled with problems today because of the failure to accord the gods and deities respect in the day-to-day affairs of national life.
While adding that the gods and deities were the ones overseeing the affairs of human endeavours on earth before the coming of foreign religions, he said many today have not only stopped worshipping the gods, but also say nasty things about them in their various places of worship.
“ We cannot be using derogatory terms for our deities and expect that things will be normal. These are the emissaries who served as intermediaries between humans and God before the coming of Western religion. They are God’s administrators on earth.
“Before the coming of Islam and Christianity, traditional religion had been holding our system intact. But today, people say a lot of bad things about them and look at those who are worshipping them with disdain,” Adams said.
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