An Osun priestess, Osunbukola Olosun-Elebuibon on Wednesday charged the state government to support traditionalists and culture enthusiasts more to ensure increased generation of revenue, especially during festivals.
Elebuibon further stressed that regular propitiation by traditionalists, especially Osun adherents has made the state peaceful over decades.
According to her, “the relative peace witnessed in Osun State is as a result of activities of traditionalists in the state.”
Making the charges at her annual Osun and Egbe festival held at Ayegbami area, Osogbo, the deities embracer, posited that, “traditionalists, especially Osun adherents, have been behind relative peace the state is witnessing through regular appeasement to the deities and the deities have always heeded our prayers.”
“I, therefore, call on the state government to increase support towards the traditionalists in the state by supporting various festivals, which is not only a religious rite but also a means of generating revenue for the government.
She, therefore, appealed to other religious adherents to emulate the tolerant nature of traditionalists in the state to foster harmonious co-existence and in the interest of socio-economic development of the state.
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