The President (Aare Apapo) of the Grand Council of Yoruba Youths (Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba), Awa Bamiji, has urged Southwest governors to emulate Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode by signing into law the use of Yoruba language as official language in the region.
In a statement yesterday, Bamiji said this should be done before renowned Yoruba writer and cultural icon, Prof Akinwunmi Isola, is laid to rest on April 13.
The statement reads: “Just like D. O. Fagunwa, Duro Ladipo, Hubert Ogunde, Alagba Adebayo Faleti and few others, our highly referred mentor, cultural icon and intellectual giant, Prof Akinwumi Isola, lived his days advocating preservation of Yoruba language, culture and traditions, which are gradually going into the dustbin of history.
“They were all our heroes, and we were losing them one by one without taking steps to immortalise them and crown their collective efforts.
“With the latest demise of Prof Isola, the Yoruba nation and the world are yet to recover from the rude shock of his passage, last Saturday, exactly seven months after the death of his intimate friend, Alagba Faleti.”
“The Yoruba nation shall sorely miss him and everything about him. The signing of the Yoruba Language Law by governors of Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti is the only way to ameliorate the condition, continue the advocacy and immortalise them all.
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