Women have potential to be president of Nigeria: Ooni of Ife
Posted by News Express | 26 December 2019 | 1,176 times
The Ooni of Ife, Oba
Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said that women can rise to be president of Nigeria
because they have the strengths and potential of good leadership.
The Ooni spoke at the
opening session of the second edition of “Queen Moremi, the Musical, Reloaded”
late on Tuesday at the Lagos Continental Hotels in Lagos.
According to him, we
should try to uplift the position of women because they have a lot to offer the
society.
He noted that there were
lots of God-given talents in women, which were demonstrated through the heroic
deeds of Queen Moremi Ajasoro (QMA) many years ago.
“We’ll keep telling the
story of Queen Moremi Ajasoro to bring out the strengths, talents and powers of
women and what they can offer to our society to make a difference.
“Our prayer is that
someday, we will have a female president, probably, they may even do better.
“We had only struggled
to have a female speaker but she could not scale through to the end so we need
to support them to excel in future,” he said.
Queen Moremi Musical
Reloaded
The Ojaja II also called
on both government and private organisations to continue to support the cause
of the girl-child to give them a sense of pride in the society.
“We’ll keep telling the
story of Queen Moremi Ajasoro to focus on how the society can uplift the
girl-child to have a sense of pride and occupy a place in the progress of the
country in future,” he said.
The monarch also
commended the wife of the former Ogun State Governor, Mrs Olufunsho Amosun, who
he commissioned as the “Queen Moremi of our time” for her support in promoting
the female cause.
Also, Princess Ronke
Ademiluyi, the cultural ambassador to QMA, told The News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) that the cultural show would take place in eight days from Dec. 24 to
Jan. 2,2020.
NAN also reports that
over 900 spectators graced the first day of the show.
They include Mrs
Olufunsho Amosun, Princess Toyin Kolade, Mrs Nike Adedutan,and Mr Tonye Cole;
the Chairman, Andron Homes.
Others were: the Olugbon
of Orile Igbon, Oba Francis Alao and his wife, Mrs Bola Shagaya and Princess
Kemi Adewumi .
NAN reports that Queen
Moremi Ajasoro exhibited great courage and selflessness in the sacrifice she
made to liberate the people of Ile Ife during her life time. (NAN)
•Photo shows Ooni of
Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, discussing issues relating to woman development with
Mrs. Olufunsho Amosun and Princes Ronke Ademiluyi.
Source: News Express
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