The Yoruba Council of Elders has unfolded a plan to build a community centre in London, with the name Yoruba Village.
The president of the YCE UK, Bolaji
Falase, who made this known at a recent press conference in Lagos, said
the centre will help preserve the Yoruba culture and serve as a meeting
point all Yoruba people in the Diaspora.
Falase added that London was chosen for the project because Nigeria was a colony of Britain.
He said, “All over the world, India has
community centres, which they use to propagate their culture and
traditions. That is also the reason we are planning to build the Yoruba
Village in London. Apart from its economic importance, it is also a
meeting point for all Yoruba in the Diaspora.
“The Yoruba language is diminishing. To
remedy the situation, the facility will be a meeting point where we can
teach our children our language, our culture and traditions, and also
eat our food.”
He said the estimated cost of the land
for the Yoruba Village was £5m, while the construction of the centre,
which will host a museum, library, offices, conference facilities,
restaurant and supermarket, was estimated to cost £7m.
He said while they were working towards
acquiring the land, the construction would be in stages, depending on
availability of funds.
The President of the YCE, Gen. Adeyinka
Adebayo (retd.), commended the UK chapter for its interest in the
organisation and efforts towards actualising the project.
Adebayo added that the project would help the future generation of Yoruba people not to lose touch with their roots and culture.
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Am Yoruba too but the rate at which tribalism is eating deep is alarming. Am not a tribalist and don't intend to be one. Am sayin this. Because I know what that is going to cause if that is implemented.
ReplyDeleteWe only like ourselves and work hand in hand and despising other tribe. Have benefited travelling to other non Yoruba states, but complains we the Yoruba are too tribalistic. It's high time we stopped that and take everybody as one.
The implementation of Yoruba village is going to side track other tribes. Pls let's be reasonable for one.
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