₦airaland Forum

ChiSun27: So na d rubbish wey dem teach u for psychology be dat?

I no sure sey yellow sun touch ur brain for one day dats y u dey talk lyk dis....sowie for u n ur generatn.

PetroDolla2: yes, just as there are many nigerians spread out all over Ghana. most of them have naturalised and have no plans to go back to nigeria. didn't you hear the yoruba community in Ghana celebrating their 100 years in Ghana recently?
Yoruba community in Ghana celebrates 200 years
By BABATUNDE SULAIMAN
For the entire Yoruba community in Ghana, it is time now to sing the song of joy and dance the dance of victory. Indeed, when the Yorubas from all the 10 regions of Ghana troop out soon, they will beat the drums, click glasses and backslap in a melodramatic way, while trumpeting their peregrinations and seriocomic adventures in the foreign land in the past two centuries. About 200 years ago, some Yoruba migrants had set out on foot from the ancient old Oyo Empire and other parts of Yoruba land and arrived in Asanti, Ghana (formerly known as Gold Coast). It was, undoubtedly, a daring move that only men with the hearts of lions could have embarked on. But like a flash, days grew into weeks, weeks into months, months into years and then years into centuries.
Who then will not join the Yoruba community in the celebration of life scheduled to hold at the Ghana National Theatre Auditorium, Accra, on August 24? The much-talked about event tagged “200 Years Celebrations and Yoruba Heritage Awards” will bring together sons and daughters of Yoruba in Ghana and at home to engage in the celebration of life. For many who are hoping to grace the forthcoming event, which is already generating buzz all over Ghana, it will be a worthwhile experience, as there will also be a presentation of a book, “Exploit of Migrants community… 200 years of Yoruba in Ghana” by Mr. Joshua Bola Olalere, CEO, Delight Communications .
If it is true that “to live without any form of record is to live without any form of history”, then, there can’t be any more auspicious moment to chronicle the stories of the Yorubas in Ghana. Interestingly, in the heat of his frenetic preparation for the event, Olalere, who is also the Chairman, Planning Committee, told Daily Newswatch that when the first set of Yoruba left home to settle in the present day Ghana, it was not with the intention of searching for the proverbial greener pasture, but it was borne by sheer curiosity and adventurous drive.
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The Oyo-State born author, who has been living in Ghana for about eight years, disclosed that “This is not the first time we are celebrating the Yoruba Day in Ghana. The Yoruba communities are scattered in almost all the 10 regions of Ghana, but they are predominantly in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale. We have local executives of Yoruba in all these regions; we have Obas of the Yorubas in all these regions, but the overall Oba of Yoruba is in Accra and is recognized by the Ghanaian government.
“The normal Yoruba Day has always been celebrated only among us. But this time, we are inviting Yoruba leaders from Nigeria and all over the world. We are also dedicating a book called the “Exploit of Migrants Community”, on that day. Apart from this, we are going to honour some Yorubas who have made us proud with the Yoruba Heritage Awards. Friends of Yoruba will be there and those who don’t want to identify with Yoruba will come out because it is legal to be Yoruba in Ghana and still have the Yoruba passport. The government recognizes the Yorubas as a sub-tribe in Ghana.”
Speaking about the book, Olalere said, “Many efforts of our past heroes have gone un-celebrated because they were not properly documented. Most of our golden heritages are equally going into extinction because we failed to preserve them. “Yoruba people are one of the most industrious people in West Africa. They have contributed more to the making of modern Ghana and for all these efforts not to go down the drains, we have decided to document this sojourn in Ghana for posterity.
“The book is the chronicle of the earliest migration of Yoruba people from Nigeria since about 200 years. It highlights their influences, impacts and challenges in the foreign land and it also celebrates their successes. “The first sets of Yoruba trekked to Ghana and have made great contributions to the Ghanaian economy over the years. The most popular market in Ghana is called Mocola, which is an adaptation of Mokola in Ibadan; we also have Agege in Accra and there is also Araromi that were all created more than 100 years ago.”
Olalere, who runs a printing press in Ghana, however, said that beyond the intent to re-awaken some consciousness among the far-flung Yorubas in Ghana, the event is also to make a definite statement about the hitherto battered public image of the Yorubas, nay Nigerians in the eyes of their hosts. “Nigerians have a particular image in the eyes of the Ghanaians; so, we want to use this event to correct some misconceptions, while also showing the Ghanaians the impacts the Yoruba have made in their country in the past years.”
According to him, another reason for organizing the coming celebration is that[b] a lot of Yorubas in Ghana have naturalized[/b]; so, there is need to re-connect them again with their root. “We don’t want them to forget about their source. We want to re-awaken them; we want the Ghanaian community to know the impacts of Yorubas in Ghana. Some can’t even speak Yoruba anymore; they are more Ghanaian than Ghanaians. So, most of them feel the best is just to pick up the Ghanaian nationality. Most Yorubas who are great in the Ghanaian government are shying away from identifying with Nigeria for the fear of persecution from Ghanaians.”
Contrary to the impression in some quarters, Olalere, while attesting to God’s goodness in the lives of Nigerian migrants in Ghana, said Nigerians are doing very well in several sectors of the Ghanaian economy, including business, politics and music etc. Thus, he said, “Nigerians are not hustlers and we are not searching for greener pastures. We went there because of our adventurous drive. The pastures at home are even greener more than the pastures there. The earliest Yoruba that went there were into trading. It is on record that we taught the Ghanaians about trading .Yes, one can’t deny that the atmosphere in Ghana is more conducive for business, but Nigeria is more economically buoyant than Ghana.

mnairaland: I have used a lot of foreign forii( or furums) I noticed that the user are usually civil.

Why is it that Nairalanders cannot do without insulting and abusing others? Is it that we are so uncivilized and barbaric in this part of the world or what?

Why can't we be civil on this site.
Is as if Nairaland is now composed majorly of agberos, tugs, and touts..

What is really wrong.How can we stop this?

DankemzI: Who told you there's no light in Uyo. Were am leaving you iron your clothes when you want to wear em. Not when light comes. In average we have 2o hrs power supply, you think am lying? Ask anybody that stays around Church rd , Calabar itu rd Axis

ujoinme: because you are that daft does not mean every nigerian is like you talk less of the great Akwa Ibom People that made it happen. Like i said your inferiority complex knows no bounds.

ilugunboy: There is no sense in what you wrote.

Would Christmas lightings stop them from being good citizens when they turned adults ?

SMH

ilugunboy: Why must you always see everything in Nigeria in a bad light....a pessimist mindset.

This is one thing that children look up to every year ....and you want to kill that thing that still make Nigerians to have a smile on their faces for some few days in the year.

ujoinme: Its that same " indoctrinated light" that a fool like you will fast for several days to get a visa to travel out of the country and enjoy. self hating Nigerian like you that doesn't appreciate what you have at home, but will praise every foreign mediocrity.

Gamboh55: Mr.Man u better take that job and stop asking end time questions...u can make ur own money by taking advantage of the work area if u are creative enough...u can place a pop corn machine or look at other hotels around and bring in what u see in those hotels into urs....time will tell..start small and grow from there...innovation is key..be creative and d universe will reward u...add value and d rewards will follow..
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kpez: bros, neva leave substance go chase afta shadows. @ po ( poster originale), think n think hard. in my area, a well set 'self con' goes for #120k a year, so dat means 10k saved. for your 'big hotel' definition of the place, the feeding standard I will put @ 3k/day and dat works out to 90k! you mentioned nothing about tp so I would assume you'd be staying at your workplace which also is another 6k min saved @ 200/day. so guy, this job as far as i'm concerned has a salary tag of 131k! happy new year!

kpez: bros, neva leave substance go chase afta shadows. @ po ( poster originale), think n think hard. in my area, a well set 'self con' goes for #120k a year, so dat means 10k saved. for your 'big hotel' definition of the place, the feeding standard I will put @ 3k/day and dat works out to 90k! you mentioned nothing about tp so I would assume you'd be staying at your workplace which also is another 6k min saved @ 200/day. so guy, this job as far as i'm concerned has a salary tag of 131k! happy new year!

lertee: Mcthew,the Dino i know never takes women seriously,this one is just wasting her time. I have seen him with several girls and truth is this madam is not enough to hook Dino. Abi no be this abuja again