The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Sunday, urged indigenes of the town resident in Lagos to return home and bring about the development to Ile Ife saying there are untapped potentials in the town.

He spoke at a summit of all Ife sons and daughters in Lagos and environs which was held at the Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island in Lagos.

The summit was themed: Ife development agenda: Issues, aims and strategy for development.

Oba Ogunwusi, who noted that there are untapped potentials in Ile Ife, urged indigenes of the town to return home to tap into the potentials.

He said: “If we do not meet regularly like this, where do we want to place Ife in the scheme of things?

“I want to urge you to meet regularly, we need to know ourselves, rub minds and bring about development of Ife. I want us to know that Ife is making progress, those of you resident in Lagos need to return home and ensure there is development in Ile Ife.

“A lot of people do not know that there are investment opportunities in Ifr and that is why I urge you all to return home and invest in Ife.

I am also happy to inform you that we now have made in Ife products like the adire attire. It is a big business opportunity in Ife; we also have tourism potentials in Life which must be tapped into and that is why I want to urge those of you making headway in Lagos to return home.”

Delivering a paper titled: The place of Ife in the scheme of contemporary Yoruba/Nigeria affairs, the guest speaker, Professor Adisa Ogunfolakan, urged Ife indigenes to return home and help the town bring about development and progress.

It’s a watershed movement–Awogbade

Earlier in his welcome address, chairman of the Organising Committee for the summit, Mr Soji Awogbade described the summit as historic and a watershed movement.

Awogbade said: “Some say this event is historic, I agree with them. Others say it is a landmark, I agree with them also, in my humble view, it is a watershed movement.

“By tradition and hallowed, the Ooni of Ife seldom went to meet people even his people. All roads lead to the Aafin and everybody, high and low had to make their way there and if granted audience, saw the Ooni.

“So, that the Ooni has come today to meet his son’s and daughters in Lagos, in the modest setting of this hall, is in my humble view a watershed movement of its own. Another watershed element is the fact that some elders in their wisdom, conceived this idea that it is high time Ifes got together at a summit to deliberate on the affairs of our fatherland. Let me not be understood to mean that this is the first time something like this has ever happened, it is not.

“However, it is the first time the initiative has come to assemble under the auspices of the throne to a collegiate setting, to collectively device a plan, the implementation of which, will not only lead to the development but by the same token, forge unity among all Ifes wherever they may find themselves.”

Ife indigenes must be united– Aderemi

Also, in his keynote address, Prince Aderounmu Aderemi said: “From a long time back, I have ruminated on what keeps Ife away from it’s rightful place in Yorubaland and Nigeria in general. I have concluded that it is not politics, not religion and not even lack of economic resources. My further insight based on discussions with our son’s and daughters both at home and elsewhere, has led me to the conclusion that the problem is that most of the time, the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.

“So while like other metropolis we have age grade groups, town associations, clubs and other such organisations, there is no aggregation of Ife centrally charged with thinking for life, looking out for Life, protecting our interest and building internal structures for effective participation and contribution. It appears we have left it all to the Ooni’s palace.”

“That is why today’s gathering is exclusively for Ifes. When we are ready, we will invite our development partners to join us, we will also call on resources outside our domain as deemed necessary”, he added.

Those present at the summit are Senator Iyioola Omisore, President of Ife Development Board, Laurence Awowoyin; Obalufe of Ife, Oba Idowu Adediwura; Managing Director of Ecobank, Mr Patrick Akinwuntan; General Manager, Editor-in-chief of Vanguard Media limited, Mr Gbenga Adefaye; former Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Dr Qasim Akinreti; Chief Alex Duduyemi, Mr Popoola Omisore, Mrs Sola Ibidapo-Obe, Professor Abiola Sanni, chairman Ogun-Osun River Basin, Mr Sola Lawal; former Information Commissioner for Lagos State, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan; chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Mr Akintoye Hassan.

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Very good message from Oba Oni

Some people are waiting until they are in any higher political positions before they could help their own community.. Very wrong mentality

Tell Tinubu to use some of his loot to develop Iragbiji.
You cannot be claiming another man's state like it's yours. But wait o, who are the real Lagosians. This one that Igbos says they are the developers and people from other states are the rulers. Bini people says they are the real Land owners. Are the real indegenes slaves?

tatcharufaia:
Besides OAU, what else can be tapped in IleIfe

So OAU is the only development in Osun state?

Many Eastern nations in the EU are doing essentially the same - their brightest, richest and most educated left their nations for Western Europe and so they're trying to bring them back with promises of "new opportunities back home!" etc etc.

Many regions try to do this as well within the borders of their own nation since the youth moves where the money is.

It hasn't worked for nations that, while poor when compared with the West, are relatively rich (e.g. Estonia, Poland, etc), I doubt it'll work for a region in Nigeria - people wish to have better lives and so they go where opportunities are. Unless you manage to give them true incentives to come back, why would they move?

First eliminate the Ritualists like the ones that murdered Timothy Adegoke in his hotel room In Ife

hmm

Kingpin1000:
Tell Tinubu to use some of his loot to develop Iragbiji.
You cannot be claiming another man's state like it's yours. But wait o, who are the real Lagosians. This one that Igbos says they are the developers and people from other states are the rulers. Bini people says they are the real Land owners. Are the real indegenes slaves?

if they like they should claim from now till Jesus come. I've never seen anyone claiming their erosion ridden backwater dumps, it's when something is a success they start claiming.

Kingpin1000:
Tell Tinubu to use some of his loot to develop Iragbiji.
You cannot be claiming another man's state like it's yours. But wait o, who are the real Lagosians. This one that Igbos says they are the developers and people from other states are the rulers. Bini people says they are the real Land owners. Are the real indegenes slaves?

It seems like some of you can't make any meaningful comments without mentioning Tinubu..

Looool the poster up which one be Tinubu own inside Ooni talk now?
If up till now you don't have a PVC, my brothers and sisters, you are one of the problems we are having in this country. Dont tell me your vote wont count. This week, make out time to go get your PVC.
Secondly, In some few days, we would say HELLO February!
Are you thinking of what to put out there for your business? You've ran out of posting ideas? Or your small business isn't online yet or you aren't sure if that small business should be online? Let's talk about it in my DM.

helinues:


It seems like some of you can't make any meaningful comments without mentioning Tinubu..

Yes my comment is meaningful. But you did not answer my question

They have abandoned their brown roofed towns to claim Lagos

Kingpin1000:

Yes my comment is meaningful. But you did not answer my question

If what you wrote up there is what you called meaningful, then you might need to upgrade your dictionary. It's obsolete

Many don’t even know their hometown anymore,they are now lagosians

My brothers Ikorodu Oga, let us come together and develop are town

OK sir. when we finish skull mining and owo mi da in Lagos.

You can't force them tho..
If they want to they will nothing else..

Damnnn niggar
Nice talk

Herdsmen still murdering people

Skull mining association still in different branches

Awon aje ile nko?

If na my people now they will have mouth saying Edo Indigenes left home for Italy

They have all left Osun and other states to claim Lagosian.. forgetting those states need their input to develop.. meanwhile they are there developing Lagos while their own homes look like backward hovels...

tatcharufaia:
Besides OAU, what else can be tapped in IleIfe

They can tapped out skull for gold

Yoruba people are all lagosian

None is proud of his homeland
No single Yoruba is proud of Yoruba land.

But Na how this poverty dealing ghost Yoruba states always come up with imaginary votes during elections
.. and the eastern states with choking populations .. is “ allocated “ tiny votes .. since 2015.. elections?

And unlike the north that travells during elections..

Yoruba man don’t even celebrate Christmas and Easter .. talk more traveling to vote on elections

Can you secure them

RaisedByWolves:


If ma my people now they will have mouth saying Edo Indigenous left hime for Italy

And are you doubting

Edo - Italy for = prostitution, cultist, romance scam, internet fraudulent activities etc.

Everyone is lagosian. No need to develop their hometowns.