ONDO STATE GOVERNMENT MOVES TO ENLIST IDANRE HILL AS UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

Idanre Hill In Idanre local government area of ondo state will soon be enlisted into the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural organisation (UNESCO) world Heritage site to fast track tourism development.

The state commissioner for culture and tourism, Alhaji Ismaila Olurimisi who made the revelation at an interactive workshop organised by the ministry on oke idanre cultural landscape noted that government has initiated the process for the enlistment of Oke Idanre as world heritage site.

Olurimisi the workshop is part of efforts of the present government in preparing a new nomination dossier and conservative management plan for upward submission to the Organisation.

The state commissioner for culture and tourism, who decried the mismanagement of the cultural heritage revealed that a lot of measures would be put in place to preserve the site.

He said government will continue to provide an enabling environment that would promote and enhance the development of Oke Idanre.

The state commissioner for information, and an indegene of idanre council area, Yemi Olowolabi said government’s intention is to make Idanre Hill a global brand.

For the Owa of Idanre, Oba Fredrick Aroloye promised that indegenes of Idanre home and abroad would work closely with government in realising the full potentials of the site.

In his lecture , Dr Sunday Oladeji from the department of tourism Federal University of Technology (FUTA) Akure proposed that an integrated community based management approach be adopted to effectively manage the site.

Others are of the opinion that intensive conservation education should be incorporated in various learning institutions within and outside Idanre on the importance of preserving our cultural heritage

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