ISIRO Festivals is one of the numoerous festiavls
being celebrated in Oke Ila in
Ifedayo Local governenmet area of Osun state, This featival marks the
end of
one year and the beiggining of another
one, it is like the thanksgiving day being celebrated by
the Americans while the following
day is meant for making of new
rules for the town and delibration
on issues relevant to the growth
and development of the
town, in this interview With Guild
of Tourism journalists In Nigeria, which Remi
Oladoye is a member, the Orangun
of Oke Ila,His Royal
Highness Oba Dokun Abolarin gave us an insight of what Isiro is all
about, his
plan for the town and advise that the
need for the people of other town to emulate the LAIKA
programme in which younger people donate to the aged. Excerpt.
Sir, Congratulations on
isiro festival 2012, can you tell us sir, what is the important of this
festival.
Thank you very much, Iisro basically
is to mobilize our people for the coming year , it is to thank God and
it
is to encourage what western philosophy espoused as tolerance
of views, religious and what have you, it is a social contract between
the
people and the king ten again for seven days the chroniclers of history
the
talking drummers from my progenitors, orangun Ajagula Ifagbamila,
the son of Oduduwa up to my good self in terms of
achievements so you understand that you are on the throne for just
a while even if you are on the throne for fifty years so it is for
a specific period and as a chronicler of history of which you are
adequately tasking stock of the time on today and the beauty of
this is that two days after today people will now assemble in front
of the palace to make new rule for the coming year so this is the
end of the year and we are commencing another year in the next three
days just like the America thanksgiving day, this is our won
thanksgiving
day to thank God it is a period to entertainment, it’s a period of
fellowship a
period to network it is a period to pray for the good of the community
and for
the larger Nigeria state, again not until I became king a lot
of my people do not see the significance of the past but for
me it shows greatness, the instinct position of our forefathers, in
their own
little way had one that the supremacy of the power is in the
people and not in the Orangun and that if I failed to adhere
strictly to the aspiration of my people next year you wont see
them, that is to show their displeasure so when you now look at it in a
modern governmental structure, you will see that there is
separation of power there is the supremacy of the people that is well
embedded in 1979 constitution as amended so the greatness of my office
is make for fellowship why won’t I promote that why
won’t I tell my people that it is important for them to do good that we
are in
this world for just a while so we should do good to people. And another
period
during this time is what we called LAIKA, young souls distribute tubers
of yam
to the aged people, showing their empathizing with the aged, not
forgetting
that the aged and for me that is important we have to remind ourselves o
that
the young souls of today are becoming the elders of tomorrow and that is
why
they must continue to take care of the elders of today’s because it
will be there turn soon. So I am now saying that in Nigeria we should
take care
of the aged, the vision should not be toyed with for them to pray
for the community and the Nigeria state at large so if you
are taking anything away from me, tell them the Orangun of Oke Ila
is admonishing the Nigerians that they should follow the Laika that we
have
in Oke Ila where the aged are taking care of especially
during their festival.
Sir, the development of a town is a
paramount and important to any king on the throne, with yourself becoming
the
Oba of Oke ila what effort are you making to ensure all round
development
and create good economic atmosphere in the town.
Yes we are trying when you are coming
to Oke Ila, the road coming from Ekiti state which was to
promote interstate relation., that road was a dead end before now
it has been opened, I’ve been on the throne for about five and half
years now it has been opened, the state government is hell bent to
do more, it is the time to promote tourism in Ayikunugba it is one of
the
tourism destination in Osun state and governor Aregbesola is
hundred percent certain that to develop that place so what you see
there
is just preparation for the development of that is to come to
promote culture and tourism and I know for sure that the commerce of my
people have also been boosted in one way or the other and we’ll continue
to do more.
Sir you said today marks the end of a
year and another years begins tomorrow what advice to you have for the
people of Oke Ila indigene and the Nigerian state entirely.
The educated elite should not
forget their rural home, we’ve abandoned our people for too long
we are not using our intellect to develop our people we are
not using it to attract attention to our people from the people so
admonish the people of Osun state that are well endowed that hey
should not never forget their root it is important there are talent
here which can be helped to develop.
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