Return to roots, Gani Adams urges Yoruba

Olalekan Olabulo, Lagos - 06.03.2008

National coordi nator of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Chief Gani Adams, has called on all Yoruba sons and daughters at home and in the diaspora to return to the root and embrace the deities and heroes of the race Chief Adams, who made this call on Tuesday during the Olumo Day celebration of the Lisabi Week in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said this would not only return the race to the forefront of national development but also project its culture and belief.

Abeokuta was on Tuesday besieged by hundreds of thousands of people from far and near as the Olokun Festival Foundation and Gateway Tourism Development Corporation marked the annual Olumo Festival At the event, Chief Adams commended the administration of Governor Gbenga Daniel for its commitment to the development of tourism industry in the state While speaking on the importance of the Olumo Rock, the OPC chief said “the rock is very significant not only in the history of the Egba people but also in the culture of the entire Yoruba race.”