Osun Govt Committed To Sustainability, Promotion Of Indigenous Culture-Kolawole

Osun State Government under the leadership of Governor Gboyega Oyetola, has reiterated its commitment to the sustenance and promotion of indigenous culture.

The Permanent Secretary, Osun Universal Basic Education Board, Alhaji Fatai Adesina Kolawole, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen on Thursday 4th of April, at the grand finale of the 3rd ÀSÁ DAY.

Asa day is set aside in Osun schools academic calendar to showcase different Yoruba culture such as folklores, drama, music, mode of dressing, story telling, and some other Yoruba ways of life by the students of Elementary and middle schools held at Osogbo Givernment High School Hall.

Speaking , Kolawole reitrated the state government commitment to continue to support all kinds of programmes and innovations geared towards sustaining the culture of their forbearers in order to bar indigenous culture from being going into extinction.

The SUBEB Boss, revealed the rationale behind the event which according to him was as a result of government observation that Yoruba language and by extension the indigenous culture is being relegated to the background in favour of foreign language

He lammented that it was not good enough for education itself because everybody thinks first in their indigenous language.

According to him, the importance of ÀSÁ DAY is to ensure that the pupils and younger generations are adequately taught in Yoruba and English languages at the same time so that the talents embedded in them will blossom since they think first in their original language.

Linking the synergy between indigenous culture and economy, Kolawole said “our economy is tied to our environment through constant patronage of locally made attires, fabrics, and other indigenous accessories which has a value chain because of many operators that are involved and it will empower all those operators economically.

He however advised the elites in the society to bring up their children by using indigenous language to teach their children and give them needed support, just as he appealed to the students to shun violence and other social vices such as drugs, alcoholism, bad gangs, cultism among others as government has provided an enabling environment to nurture their talents.

The event which was declared opened by the Deputy Governor, Mr. Benedict Olugboyega Alabi, who represented Governor Gboyega Oyetola had in attendance the Head of Service of the State, Dr. Oyebade Olowogboyega, His Royal Majesty, Orangun of Okee-Ila, Oba Abolarin, Mr. Omotunde Young, Hon. Supervisor, Ministry of Education,

Others are , Dr. Isiaka Ayodele Owoade, Member, Education Management Committee, Hon. Folorunso Oladoyin – Bamisayemi, Chairman State of Osun House of Assembly Education Committee, Hon. Awolola, Hon. Tunde Lekan Olatunji, Mrs. Mujidat Kolawole, Wife of Osun SUBEB PS, Tutor generals, Mrs. Ajiboye, a retired Permanent Secretary, Dr. Mrs Raji, Senior Special Assistant on vocational education and other stakeholders in the education sector.

The highpoint of the event was the discovery of talented students whose performance was beyond human thinking as they entertained the audience to satisfaction.