‘It's mandatory for Yoruba monarchs to practise Isese’

Traditional worshippers advocator progressive oath-taking

The President, International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR), Dr Fayemi Fatunde Fakayode, has called connected governments and monarchs successful Yorubaland to signifier accepted religion to bring succour to the ailing system and boost the nation’s designation abroad.

Fakayode made the telephone during the 2024/2025 World Ifa Festival, which was held astatine the World Ifa Temple, Oke-Itase, Ile-Ife, Osun State, wherever the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and different dignitaries were contiguous to witnesser the festival.

Fakayode, portion appreciating the Lagos, Ogun, Osun and Oyo authorities governments for declaring August 20 of each twelvemonth arsenic nationalist vacation for accepted worshippers, tasked them to bash much successful defending the accepted religion and leverage connected its planetary respect to beforehand its tourism potential.

He, however, called connected accepted rulers successful Yorubaland to respect their crowns and marque it a substance of compulsion to signifier Isese, the religion of their fore-bearers, to regain the mislaid glory of the tribe.

The ICIR President commended the Ooni of Ife for doing wrong his capableness to enactment Yoruba spirituality and religion.

He said: “In fact, Baba Oonirisa, though rules implicit all, irrespective of spiritual affinities, is moving assiduously for revival, endurance and improvement of Isese/Ifa, his ain religion and spirituality.

“I, connected behalf of Araba Agbaye and each Ifa devotees passim the world, implore Oodua accepted rulers to respect the ground of their crowns. It is compulsory for them to signifier Isese and travel Ifa for the stools they inhabit beryllium to the Orisa.”