Traditional Worshipers In Oyo Seek Public Holiday

By Lukman Amusa

Oyo State Traditional Worshippers Association is calling on the governor of Oye state Seyi Markinde to grant them public holiday as it is applicable to the other religions

The worshipers staged a peaceful protest over what they termed discrimination against the body by the state government. The worshippers, who staged the protest at the front of the Oyo State Government Secretariat complex, carried placards with various inscriptions as: “Stop discrimination against traditional religion,” Oyo is a secular state, stop discrimination,” and others. They also appealed to the Muslims, Christians and others to join them in appealing to the state government to grant their request of granting public holidays for them. The General Secretary of the association in the state, Dr Fayemi Fakayode, who spoke on behalf of others, said the government should look into their plight and address their agitations, adding that whenever election came, politicians promised them heaven and earth but neglect the group immediately after getting to the office. His words: “We are gathered here today to make our plight known to everybody in Oyo State.

The public holidays we are agitating for are five ranging from May 15th for Ela festival, first Saturday of June and Friday that precedes it for a pilgrimage to our land of Otu-Ife and 20th August which Oyo State