The office of Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, will, on Monday, December 23 play host to Christians in Lagos state, as he holds the maiden edition of the Aareonakakanfo Christmas Carol.
The event, which comes up on Monday, December 23,is scheduled to hold at All Seasons Plaza, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos.
Director of programme, Dr. Adebiyi Philips said the Christmas carol is to spread joy and celebrate the season with people from across the world.
“We are in the festive season, and in the spirit of Christmas, we are organising the maiden edition of the Aare Onakakanfo Christmas Carol.Activities for the celebration include rendition of the ‘Nine Lessons of Christmas’ to be performed by nine prominent clerics from different churches”
Various churches have been invited to participate in the annual Fiesta.
“It is our own way of appreciating God, the office of the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland is an institution with vision that has always been translated to reality. The theme for this year edition is titled”The King is born” Matthew chapter 2 verse 2″
“In projecting the office of the Aare Onakakanfo, we have made significant efforts to make sure that the event makes a big impact in the Christian world”.
“The Carol is to tell the world that we are liberal on the issue of religion. We are also using the event to propagate the Christian beliefs and uphold the spirit of the season by telling the world that birth of christ is not an ordinary story, or theological tale, but an interesting episode of what make Christianity what it is today”, he explained.
“Apart from organising the Carol, we believe it is one of our Christian social responsibilities to find a way of reaching out the people, irrespective of their religious affiliations”.
We are using the carol to tell the world that birth of christ is not an ordinary story, or theological tale. It is in that that we can identify the message of Christmas.
Dr. Phillips, however, expressed
appreciation to the convener, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, for the lofty initiative, declaring that the Carol will, henceforth, become an annual event.
