Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba country, has promised that Yoruba will soon reclaim its lost grandeur in Kwara State and transition from obscurity to wealth.
While addressing at the 2022 Oya Festival in Ira, Kwara State, over the weekend, Iba Adams provided the promises while also expressing sorrow for the pain and plight that he said had been extremely common among the Yoruba in the region.
“I am convinced that Yoruba will soon reclaim its former splendor in Kwara. The honor attributed to the Yoruba race has been denied to the Yoruba in Kwara. And we are unhappy with the widespread misery and privation experienced by our people in Kwara.
“I’m not claiming Yoruba in the South-West are completely comfortable, but our people in Kwara have been the most struck by poverty and underdevelopment.
“The situation does not sit well with my spirit or the spirits of our forefathers. But I want to reassure everyone today that Yoruba will soon reclaim the prominence it once had in Kwara State.
However, he urged the Federal Government to implement a preventative measure that could prevent the economy from completely collapsing. The Yoruba generalissimo also lamented the declining economy permeating the nation, amid security concerns, and claimed that Nigerians were suffering from an acute hunger scourge with little or no hope in sight.
“Acute hunger is quickly evolving into a widespread epidemic in Nigeria, which is currently struggling with a security deficit.
“The current economic indicators demonstrate an extraordinary decline as Nigeria’s economy was severely damaged by inflation. Food costs are skyrocketing at marketplaces all throughout the nation.
For instance, a popular Nigerian newspaper reported on Wednesday that the inflation rate had reached 21.09 percent as a result of the skyrocketing food costs.
“This means that the cost of goods like gas, liquid fuel, and air travel has skyrocketed.
“There is unquestionably a disruption in the food supply and a decline in the value of the currency. The average person is increasingly losing access to basic foods like rice, which is also a mainstay in the diet of many nations, said he.
Iba Adams, speaking about the occasion, claimed that Oya Festival was being held because the river goddess was a significant ancestor of the Yoruba people and the beauty queen of Sango.
Oya is the embodiment of beauty and courage, according to the Yoruba generalissimo, who also claimed that she was blessed with many attractive physical qualities as well as intelligence and strength.
She represented beauty and was a river deity. An ideal female role model who embodies both beauty and bravery. Oya was endowed with great physical beauty, intellect, and strength, he said.
In his speech, the Onira of Ira, Oba Wahab Oyewale Oyetoro, thanked Aare Adams for advancing the cultural identity of the Yoruba race, saying the Yoruba generalissimo had a significant impact on ensuring that the Yoruba race kept its honorable position among the top races in the world.
Just then, the monarch remarked that Ira town had been extremely fortunate to participate in the plans and initiatives for cultural promotion of the Olokun Festival Foundation (OFF) under the direction of Iba Adams, and had benefited from the necessary backing that had made the town one of the notable towns in Kwara State.
“Ira town has been incredibly fortunate to participate in the plans and initiatives for cultural promotion of the Olokun Festival Foundation, led by Aare Gani Adams.
“And we have benefited from the crucial support that has elevated the town to a prominent position within the state. Oba Oyetoro remarked, “I want to thank Aare and the OPC for this excellent concept of positively presenting the cultural identity of the race to the globe.
“This means that the cost of goods like gas, liquid fuel, and air travel has skyrocketed.
“There is unquestionably a disruption in the food supply and a decline in the value of the currency. The average person is increasingly losing access to basic foods like rice, which is also a mainstay in the diet of many nations, said he.
Iba Adams, speaking about the occasion, claimed that Oya Festival was being held because the river goddess was a significant ancestor of the Yoruba people and the beauty queen of Sango.
