OONI HOST YEYEMOLU FESTIVAL AMID COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
Ooni Host Yeyemolu festival amid covid restrictions
The Arole Oodua and Ooni of ife His Royal Majesty Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on Friday host the annual Yeyemolu festival, a annual remembrance of the first queen of the Ooni of Ife, at his Ile Oduduwa Palace, Ile-Ife amidst covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
Although attendees of the annual festival strictly follow the rules of covering sensory organs with face mask, the social distance game isn’t commendable as festivees are seen in closed standing distance.
Yeyemolu is a great symbol of womanhood who stood for justice since ancient times she also frown at women and children abuse. She lived as human and transformed into a well whose water serves several spiritual purposes till date.
The Ooni of ife was on hand to use the opportunity to advocate for womanhood and their importance in the society at large.. Narrating the contributions and importance of the foremost queen; Yeyemolu is a great queen who is assigned to every Ooni of Ife including all Oloris and she remain the very first point of call in the palace. Her water is being used to wash the feet of new queens as a sign of welcome, we are doing her anniversary today and it is so significant because of her connection with our creator.
He subsequently condemned incessant rape, child abuse and other forms of molestation particularly against women. The Ooni further explains the indispensable roles of women in the larger clan and admonished that they should be respectfully protected from all social vices towards creating a better society.
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Although, the Ooni has been a major contributor to the control and eradication of the covid-19 pandemic, it’s not clear if the action of celebrating the first queen of the Ooni clan in a time where gathering has become a no-no could be justified.
All during the time of this pandemic, the Ooni’s contributions to controlling the spread of covid-19 pandemic has seen him donating locally made fumigators to all the 36 states of the federation, including the federal capital territory and subsequent contributing into the discovery of a local cure for the Nobel pandemic.
Not too long ago, Ooni of ife has assembled and funded a group of medical practitioners and healers both traditional and orthodox to work on discovering a possible cure for the raging pandemic.
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He (The Ooni) has subsequently sent departed of high chiefs and baales to the minister of health to present the outcome of his medical team find and subsequently seek for the ministry’s assistance in making their discoveries a widely accepted solution for the corona virus
“In the same vein, the Ooni admonished strict compliance with the World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Governments and its agency’s orders on curbing the spread of covid-19.
