Òoni of Ife To Host Yemi Osinbajo At The 4th Annual World Omoluabi Day Festival & Omoluabi Royal Icon (ORI) Awards On May 1st, 2022.
The pervasive nature of immorality today in our society is becoming increasingly unbelievable, hence the need for His Imperial Majesty, Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, The Ooni of Ife to grant and endorsed Aare Barr Oladotun Hassan, Global President of the apex Yoruba interest led group Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye (Yoruba Council Worldwide); umbrella body to the Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW, Yoruba Council of Women Worldwide (YCWW), Yoruba Council of Students Worldwide (YCSW), Omoluabi School Club (OSC) alongside all our affiliated organizations globally to promote our over two decade’s(since 18th March, 1999, while Omoluabi Day Festival and Omoluabi Royal Icon Awards was remodelled four years ago)
vision to use the opportunity of this year’s celebration of the most prestigious and biggest Festival in Yoruba history: 4th Annual World Omoluabi Day Festival and Omoluabi Royal Icon (ORI) Awards, slated for 1st May, 2022 starting with traditional prayers renditions and cultural performances by 11.a.m at the Palace of the Ooni of Ife, and Reception and Award Presentation by 12noon at the prestigious Ojaja Arena Banquet Hall, Ife Grand Resorts and Suites, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
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ORI Awards is billed to honour distinguished Yoruba Sons and Daughters of Oduduwa, as well as individuals from other parts of Nigeria, government and corporate organizations globally, with the conferment and presentation of the golden Plaque: Omoluabi Royal Icon Awards, a Golden ORI Olokun Plaque, Opa Ase, Certificate of Award, Omoluabi Idasa, Omoluabi Badge and Omoluabi lapel pin(Our brand identity and intellectual property).
This specifically aimed at celebrating and appreciating distinguished Nigerians with uncommon integrity, hardworking spirit, intelligence, perseverance, intellectualism, while acknowledging their landmark achievements and unquantifiable commitments of this year’s Nominees of the Omoluabi Pataki Oodua in our today’s society.
The World Omoluabi Day Festival and ORI Awards is continually committed towards raising aggressive awareness campaign against the rampant pervasive social vices, cultism, ritualism, cybercrime, teenage sex: effects and way out, wherein this year’s edition will feature Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, GCON as Key Note Speaker, Hon Yemi Adaramodu, House Committee Chairman on Youth, Federal House of Representatives is the Guest Speaker, while Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola is the Chief Host, Alongside other Governors of Southwestern and Yoruba indigenous speaking States: Kogi, Kwara, Edo And Delta States respectively.
Awardees are: Sijibomi Ogundele of Sijimoto, Wale Ayilara, Arch Wale Folami, Dr. Oyedemi Julius, MD PWAN Homes, Hon. John Campos Ogundare, Executive Chairman of Eti-Osa East LGA as Asoju Odo Oodua Agbaye, other expected guests are captains of industries, political leaders and other eminent Nigerians.
Other side attractions are Music, Festival of arts and culture,, and special book launching on Anti-Social Vices and Early Sex written by Tunde Ogunsuyi in honor of Kabiyesi Ooni of Ife, aimed at ensuring mass orientation against the negative consequences of these delinquent actions involving some of our kids and youths, even the elderly are not insulated, wherein drugs, sex, money rituals are now common trending news, regrettably everyone seems unconcerned.
However, as an organisation we are most committed towards building a better society free of this hydraheaded anomalies.
Omoluabi Royal Icon Awards is done in honour of our great father and Grand Royal Patron, Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, The Ooni of Ife, whose unquantifiable commitments and landmark in correcting the societal ills and support for good vision is second to none, particularly in reviving the Omoluabi ethos that is fast eroding into oblivion in our today’s society.
We believed Kabiyesi’s frontal partnership will bring on board interested like individuals, government agencies (particularly Ministry of Education and Educational Support NGO’s and Agencies) to join the clarion call on reviving the Omoluabi (Virtuousness) ethos.
We are currently inundated with horrible daily news of ritual killings, kidnappings, cultism, teenage sex, sexual abuse, domestic violence, prostitution and Internet Fraud and scam popularly called Yahoo Yahoo or most gruesome is Yahooplus (Ritualism).
We cannot overemphasised the lost grounds and how deep this endemic and cancerous lack of Omoluabi ethos has destroyed our renowned good behavioural conducts and attitudinal values, morals and spirit of hardwork in Yoruba Land(ile Kaaro Oojire) and by extension Nigeria at large.
Omoluabi is a symbology and descriptive way of identifying a true born good character of hardwork, perseverance integrity and intellectual acumen filled with divine wisdom, this are common sense and attitudes Yoruba are respected for in our environment in the past, regrettably now lacking in our today’s society.
Most unfortunately, we have lost lots of our youths and children to drug abuse, early sex, ritualistic tendencies, prostitution and juvenile delinquency traits to mention a few.
Our clarion call is to all Yoruba Leaders, parents, teachers and government at all levels to collectively take the bull by the horn and Join us on this journey for the promotion of a total rebirth of Omoluabi (God’s Own Begotten Child) virtues in our society.
While we have also established Omoluabi School Club in all our Primary and Secondary schools in the entire Yoruba Land and by extension Nigeria at large, we hope to launch in Ondo, Osun , Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun and Lagos soon before the end of this year.
We are demanding that the Government at all levels needs to do more and wake up to its responsibility of total war against indiscipline(Kick Against Indiscipline-KAI), rampant pervasive minor and teenage sex
and ritual killings cum terrorism.
The only way forward is for all of us to join our hands together to build our heritage respectively.
We must imbibe the ethos of love, hardwork, integrity and build confidence in our present generations of Youths before its too late.
Yoruba Ni Mi, Omo K’aro Ojire.
Aare Barr Oladotun Hassan,
Global President, Yoruba Council Worldwide (Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye).
08033931229. dotunhassan@yahoo.com.
