The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Thursday visited the Lagos
State House of Assembly to watch the plenary sitting of the House
conducted in Yoruba language.Speaker of the
House, Mudashiru Obasa, restated the commitment of the Assembly to the
promotion of Yoruba language and the culture of the Yoruba people. He
assured the Yoruba monarch that he and his colleagues in the Assembly
will continue to work to promote the Yoruba language and culture.
“We’ve
started conducting our Thursday plenary sessions in Yoruba. We’ve gone
ahead to organise the Yoruba Stakeholders’ Summit and we will ensure
that the teaching of Yoruba language becomes compulsory in Lagos State.
We will not relent and we will continue to do more so that our dear
language will not go into extinction,” he said.
The Lagos
Assembly Speaker urged Yoruba wherever they are to make the language the
tool of communication with their children at home. “The era of using
other people’s language as tool of communication for our children should
be rejected and should be done away with,” he said.
Ooni
Ogunwusi commended the Lagos lawmakers for being in the forefront of the
struggle to promote the Yoruba language and culture. “I’m very happy to
be here and I want to commend the members of the Lagos State House of
Assembly for being in the forefront of the struggle for the promotion of
Yoruba language and culture,” Oba Ogunwusi said.
The monarch
stated further that he was particularly pleased with the plenary sitting
of the House conducted in Yoruba, saying that he had to push forward
his visit to the House by 24 hours because he wanted to witness the
Yoruba plenary session of the lawmakers.
“I’m highly impressed
and indeed with what you have done, the Lagos State House of Assembly
has become role model for others in the country in the area of culture
promotion,” Ooni Ogunwusi said.
The programme was concluded with exchange of gifts between the Speaker and his visitor.
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