The festival kicked off on Tuesday with a prayer to the almighty, tagged: “Prayer to Eledumare,” at the Abule Ado home of the Chief Promoter of Olokun Festival Foundation, Otunba Gani Adams.
Other activities lined up for the festival include the Olokun Beauty Pageant, festival float, boat regatta and the grand finale, which will hold at the Suntan Beach in Badagry on October 20, 2016.
This edition of the festival, according to Otunba Adams, promises to showcase the traditional and cultural heritage of the Yoruba people.
“The festival is billed to showcase the unique and unparalleled traditional and cultural heritage of the Yoruba people,” Adams said.
According to a press statement by Segun Akanni, the Personal Assistant to Otunba Adams, the foundation is said to be determined to make sure that the festival holds despite the economic recession.
Adams was quoted as saying: “You all will agree with me that the economy is not friendly with anybody at the moment.
“But despite the hardship everybody is facing, we at Olokun Festival Foundation are determined to continue to hold this festival as part of our own contribution to the development of the cultural and traditional heritage of the Yoruba people.”
Important personalities present at the event were Primate Peters Oyedele of C&S Church, Agbojesu Parish, Ijedodo, Lagos; Primate Oladele Akeju of New Holy Messiah Church, Mushin, Lagos; Idowu Adebowale, one of the nine founding members Oodua People’s Congress; National Coordinating Council member of Oodua People’s Congress, Segun Ogunpitan; Africa Union Leader of Oodua Progressive Union; Christian, Muslim and Traditional worshippers groups of Oodua People’s Congress; members of Olokun Festival Planning Committee; and members of OPC.
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