The Osun State Government has announced a comprehensive plan for the state's secondary school students to study Ifa as one of their subjects.
The state Governor, Ogbeni Raufu Aregbesola, said the schools' computer tablet had application for Ifa studies. Aregbesola made the relevation yesterday during the special prayers session to usher in the New Year, organized with clerics from all religions praying for the peace and growth of the state.Clerics who offered special prayers for the state included the President General, League of Imams and Alfas in the South-West, Alhaji Mustapha Ajisafe; the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state, Evangelist Abraham Aladeseye; and frontline Ifa priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, among others. The special prayer affected official functions in the state secretariat and other government offices, as top civil servants across all parastatal agencies graced the occasion held in the premises of the Bola Ige House, state secretariat, Abere, Osogbo. Bishop of Osogbo Diocese of the Methodist Church, Bishop John Bamigboye, advised the government to compensate those whose property were demolished as a result of the ongoing road dualization in the state. Bamigboye enjoined the government to return Christian and Islamic Religious Studies to all primary and secondary schools in the state. Governor Aregbesola, in his remarks at the ceremony, declared that 2013 would be a year of total freedom for the state, stressing that the year would be for the people of the state a year of total turn-around and liberty. According to the governor, the government's major desire for the state in 2013 is to ensure the fulfillment of the desires of the state's founding fathers, stressing: "Osun State will be freed in 2013 from hunger, mystery, poverty and under-development." He said his government has paid over N600 million as compensation to owners of demolished structures, even as he assured that those who were yet to receive their compensation would get theirs soon. Aregbesola also disclosed that his government had returned religious studies to all public primary and secondary schools in the state, adding that the free computer tablet tagged 'opon Imon', which the government would present to secondary school students had an application for Ifa studies. He also prayed for peace and development of the state in 2013 and urged all the people to support his government and the country with prayers, saying: "Nigeria needs prayers for an end to come to the security problem confronting the northern part of the country."Aregbesola added that his desire for the year was to make the state the envy of other states in the country, saying he had come to the state to do the works of God.
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This is an educated governor talking about introducing IFA to schools in 2013-- We see many governments around the world sponsoring students in Science and economics--What can IFA studies contribute to moving a nation forward??--Its a pity!!
ReplyDeleteWhere do these guys come from? What d eff is ifa studies? Seems d leaders in this present government all think backwards.
ReplyDeleteTufia!
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I think is now having some pschcolgical problem .
ReplyDeleteWhat nonsense IFA at this era .
When Secondary School Student throughout the world are involving in meaning Project that can reshape the life and affect the world meaningfully.
Were you taught IFA when you are in Secondary School ?
Useless Governor of the Century .
I Pray to God to make you loose next election , if you fail to desist from these barbaric action that can ruin the future of our young ones in Osun State .
Cant you introduce , French or Chinese Language in Secondary School instead of IFA .
With additional Language apart from English , you will score more points (i mean for VISA issue to some country ).
Also it will make you more salable in International Market.
You are wrong on this one .
Education is relative my dear friend. If your children know more about american culture and history then who is really the ignorant one.
ReplyDeleteR u a serious person at all? Which curriculum did u use in primary n secondary schools? Have ever heard of d subjects called social studies and history? Abi ur tutor left Naija history n was busy teaching u American history? Talking abt ignorance
Deletei dont know why people talk before thinking,we value more of foreign culture than our own,ask any nigeria student to say something about his root.and average nigeria can name the 30 players in any of the foreign football league and cant even mention 3 players of any of the Nigeria football club.we dress,talk,behave like european all in the name of civilization.pls let try to learn about our culture and stop mixing religion with culture
ReplyDeleteAregbesola,Am really dispointed in you.
ReplyDeleteThere is no big deal study ifa if u so wish.osun is d center of yoruba culture in Nigeria.if American and British,Germans are in osogbo studying ifa,why not osun indigene?
ReplyDeleteThere is no big deal studying if a if u so wish BC is ifa is part and parcel of yoruba culture and osun is d centre of yoruba culture.if Germans,British,American are in osogbo studying ifa why not osun indigene?
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!. Aregbesola is expressing himself afterall there is freedom of expression. But come to think of it, dont he look like an IFA priest? He is only projecting what his own life was built around. I simply advise him not to impose it on all students but make it optional so that the right of all citizens will be protected. I wonder however where he will get the teachers from. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
ReplyDelete†ђξ course, of course will be optional. We have really forgotten about our root aήð that's y we r sometimes a laughing stock to foreigners.
ReplyDeleteGod bless Ɣöu Ogbeni Rauf fø̲̣я Ɣöu initiatives aήð fø̲̣я ur good wks in Osun State. Ifa will further teach our young ones †ђξ culture aήð enrich their spoken Yoruba fø̲̣я our Lang is now adultrated aήð it dying fast.
You bunch of black europeans are turning a blind eye to the fact that he is giving all secondary school student a COMPUTER TABLET which comes with the IFA application. You. Dumb creatures should learn to read and understand and not writing jags
ReplyDeleteI don't know when Nigerians will realise the difference between education & religion. As a student, you should know about things around you. Will studying Ifa make the students pagan ? If there is nothing to it, why will foreigners come down to study it. I once heard that there are similarities between Ifa & the computer's language. No knowledge is waste. God bless Aregbesola for thinking in this direction.
ReplyDeleteu ignoramus should stop abusing a creative governor otherwise the evil politicians will keep deceiving u Rauf wants to liberate u try to ponder over this ideology
ReplyDeleteTHERE IS A DIFFERENT BETWEEN STUDYING YORUBA LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AND SAYING CHILDREN SHOULD START STUDYING IFA.... IS STUDYING IBO LANGUAGE AND AMADIOHA SAME? IS STUDYING ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH WITCHCRAFT THE SAME THING? IS THE GOVERNORS CHILDREN IN THE OSUN STATE SCHOOLS STUDYING IFA? THAT IS WAT U GET FROM MOST OF OUR POLITICAL LEADERS IN THIS COUNTRY... ONLY GOD KNOWS WAT THEY DID TO GET THAT POST... I HOPE ALL CHRISTIAN IN THE OSUN STATE WAKE UP AND START DOING SOMETHING BEFORE THIS BABALAWO GOV TURN THE STATE TO SOMETHING ELSE...
ReplyDeleteSO BECAUSE FOREIGNER STUDY IT, THEN IT MUST BE GOOD? WEN ARE GOING TO BE EVER FREE FROM THIS OYINBO INFERIORITY COMPLEX? WATEVER IT IS A FOREIGNER ENDORSE BECOMES GOOD ABI? DUMB SKULLS!!!
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