Foreign culture, selfishness bane of cultural heritage ―Ajimobi

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The Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, on Monday stated that the incursion of foreign culture and selfishness among the people has eroded the cultural value, ethics and heritage of the people, adding that everyone must collaborate to revive the dwindling cultural values of our society as it can only be done through collective effort.

Ajimobi made this known while leading members of the State Executive Council to meet a procession of different cultural groups representing various notable ethnic divisions in Nigeria when they visited the governor’s office to celebrate the 2017 World Culture Day after the weekly executive council meeting

The governor stated that African culture depicts respect for God, elders, constituted authority and good deeds but today, what operates is different from what existed in the past, adding that, “ the importation of foreign culture of impunity, culture of greed and selfishness has badly affected our society.

“Culture is not only reflected in our mode of dressing, it is the combination of how we speak, eat and how we relate with others and our God. It is very important to say that culture is about Godliness,” he said.

According to him, imported culture which attached low value to hard-work would always breed laziness and lead to low delivery of positive deliverables in the society and that the attitude of the people to work also reflects their culture.

“Most of what we were taught in the olden days were attached to the need for us to be hardworking and diligent, we were taught not to look for quick ways to affluence and riches, today those are no more and we have all forms of vices like kidnapping, armed robbery among others that are capable of tarnishing good family name. We should all put hands on the deck to revive our culture,” Senator Ajimobi stressed.

The cultural procession which started at 10am at the Cultural Center, Mokola Ibadan went through Mokola towards Total Garden through Agodi-Gate and berthed at the Governor’s office with different shades of masquerades and traditional garretas on display to the amusement of the people of Ibadan as the procession moved within the city.