The paramount ruler of Oke Ila in Osun State, Oba Adedokun Omoniyi Abolarin yesterday decried the neglect of cultural heritage and learning of Nigeria history in schools.
He said history was suppose to use as compass for future while cultural heritage was one of the National endowment in Nigeria.
The monarch who spoke as a guess speaker at the 2018 law week of the Lead City University, Ibadan said it was the duty of lawyers to educate Nigerians on their fundalmental human right, rather than promoting mediocrity.
The Osun monarch who identified greediness and self-centreness as one of the problems facing Nigerians, spoke on the topic: “law, customs, and tradition: melting pot for a sane society.”
The lawyer trained mornach further said “part of our National heritage was to care for the aged and the generality of our people but today, the business are not the same.
He encouraged the lawyers to bring out the best of Nigerians, adding that individuals need to contribute to national development.
“We have to promote our cultural heritage. White people appreciate and respect our culture while we are neglecting it here. Until we appreciate and respect our culture, we cannot move,” he concluded.
Orangun said further that ‘ we must consciously prepared the young ones for leadership, we cant be there for long, wether we like it or not the young one will take over ‘.
Earlier, the chairman of the occasion, Professor Olu Ojedokun had said if Nigeria must be great again, tradition, customs and culture must not be disregarded.
The National President Law Student Association, Wale Ojo Lanre said the
lecture is to further enlighten the student on the important of law, customs and tradition and how it inluence the growth of the society.
He said the choice of Oba Dokun Abolarin as the guesy speaker is because of his experience and patriotism as a traditional ruler and a legal luminary.
