Monarch says we must celebrate our elders

On Thursday, September 22, 2016, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, hosted octogenarians in Lagos.

The event was the 2016 edition of the Olojo Festival Corporate Forum, and the traditional ruler said that it is important that Nigerians often celebrate the elders.

The Ooni of Ife said, "We are yet to celebrate our elders, we must celebrate them, institutions must celebrate them, not just their children. We know God has given them children, it is beyond their children must let people know about our elders, these are powerful elders in Nigeria. We see them as mere elders, they are not. They have shaped this country one way or the other."

Oba Ogunwusi continued by saying, "By virtue of the position God has placed on me, we can now use that position and replicate it in all the parts of this country. but charity begins at home, I must start as the Yoruba father. The powers of this world belong to God, the next in line are the elders. They have seen it all. When elders sit together and call anybody and they tell the person the truth and you don't want to listen, it is up to you and God, woe betide such a person."

Some of Yoruba leaders present at the Olojo Festival Corporate Forum are; former Attorney General and the Minister of Justice of Nigeria, Prince Bola Ajibola; former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae; former Minister of Health, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun Otunba Subomi Balogun, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, Chief Idowu Shofola and many more.