{"id":8904,"date":"2013-08-23T22:44:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T22:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/fg-to-expand-sango-festival-in-a-bid-to-boost-tourism\/"},"modified":"2013-08-23T22:44:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T22:44:45","slug":"fg-to-expand-sango-festival-in-a-bid-to-boost-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/fg-to-expand-sango-festival-in-a-bid-to-boost-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"FG to expand Sango festival in a bid to boost Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Citizens platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Mr. Edem Duke, Minister of culture &Tourism<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The Federal Government has pledged to support the expansion of the Sango festival to boost tourism in the country.<\/p>\n

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Edem Duke, said this at the opening ceremony of the festival in Oyo State.<\/p>\n

The Minister\u2019s address which was read by Prof Akin Alao of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, described Sango as one of the founding fathers of the ancient Oyo Kingdom, recalling that \u201che left behind an enduring legacy of constitutional government, a model yet to be surpassed by any modern contraption\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPre-colonial system of government in Oyo was built on an elaborate system of checks and balances which made adequate provisions for and accommodated the culture and sensibilities of the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn essence, it was a people\u2019s original design to meet the wishes and aspirations of the people and their definition of development.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we are looking back, we are trying to re-define the system of government in order to establish a responsible and responsive government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said a thorough study of the knowledge system and society that produced the archetypal African system in Oyo would provide the direction missed in the past.<\/p>\n

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, commended dignitaries who turned out for the event, saying they cut across the South-West states and Yorubas in the Diaspora.<\/p>\n

The monarch urged the people not to mix religion with culture, noting that \u201cthey are two distinct features of human life and by allowing one to affect the other is to render man incomplete.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Adeyemi also admonished the people not to allow the younger generation to discard Yoruba language and culture.<\/p>\n

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