{"id":43896,"date":"2021-05-26T15:06:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=43896"},"modified":"2021-05-26T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T13:58:48","slug":"akeredolus-order-ondo-forcing-us-to-sing-oduduwa-anthem-ijaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolus-order-ondo-forcing-us-to-sing-oduduwa-anthem-ijaws","title":{"rendered":"Akeredolu\u2019s order: Ondo forcing us to sing Oduduwa anthem \u2013 Ijaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Arogbo Ijaw Patriots (AIP) have condemned the \u201cimposition\u201d of the Oduduwa anthem by Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.<\/p>\n<p>The group said the state government forced Ijaws to recite the anthem during the conduct of a promotion examination for senior civil servants.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Coordinator and Secretary, Fidelis Soriwei and Bibisa Kekemeke noted that Akeredolu\u2019s order was a flagrant violation of the rights of the Ijaw ethnic minority.<\/p>\n<p>Akeredolu, via a memo signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Teaching Service Commission, Tolu Adeyemi, made it compulsory for the anthem to be sung in all secondary schools.<\/p>\n<p>AIP said the development was absurd and disturbing, insisting that the Ijaws speak their own language in consonance with their distinct ethnicity and would like to keep that identity.<\/p>\n<p>They want Akeredolu to \u201crespect the rights of the marginalized Arogbo Ijaws to a dignified existence in Ondo as provided for by the constitution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The organization said the state comprises two ethnicities \u2013 the Yoruba occupying 17 Local Government Areas and the Ijaws who occupy 1 LGA.<\/p>\n<p>AIP lamented that Ondo State Civil Service \u201ctook further steps in the abuse of the law to ask people including Arogbo Ijaws to sing the anthem in a promotion interview at the Governor\u2019s Office Civil Service Matters\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The statement advised Akeredolu to \u201cdisplay the expected consciousness on the need for fairness to note the fact that Ondo State is not like the homogenous South-West State where every citizen is Yoruba\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that the Ijaws are not opposed to agitations of whatever form, the group condemned \u201cthe brazen unfair, irresponsible expansionist attempt to make them assimilated Yoruba people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>AIP said the Ijaw territory which became part of Ondo State in 1976 is not a vassal territory and should not be treated as such.<\/p>\n<p>They urged the Ijaw National Congress, the Attorney General of the Federation, and Nigerians to prevail on Akeredolu to stop \u201chis disdainful treatment of the Ijaw minority\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Arogbo Ijaw Patriots (AIP) have condemned the \u201cimposition\u201d of the Oduduwa anthem by Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. The group said the state government forced Ijaws to recite the anthem during the conduct of a promotion examination for senior civil servants. 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