The Soun of Ogbomosoland, Ghandi Olaoye, has beckoned on sons and daughters to come back home to join in the development of their town, saying there are no more witches in the land.
Olaoye spoke during a dinner held in Abuja on Thursday night, where the logo for the Ogbomoso Cradles Carnival was officially unveiled.
He said it is the dawn of a new era, where light has prevailed over darkness.
He said that God has blessed the Ogbomosos and it is time to build a model town that would become the envy of all.
The traditional ruler stressed that they have two DNAs, they are warrior and entrepreneur.
He said it is time for the sons and daughters of Ogbomosho to wake up from their slumber and make their town a city.
He said: “So we have one town to develop. If we have the mind to work and we all decide that this town will not be like this. And the people that use to say if you go home (awon aje ko si ni Ogbomosho mo) no more witches in Ogbomosho again. No more witches. Light has come.
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“Let me say something, light is not the absence of darkness. It is darkness that is the absence of light.
“So what we have now, we have light in Ogbomosho. We have spiritual light in the town. And so it’s a new day, it’s a new beginning. And I don’t want anybody to be pessimistic.
“We might have tried this before. We are in a new dawn. And it is not just getting people excited. It is putting our hands on the plow and not looking back. It is a work that must be done.
“That is, in 25 years, we do not want Ogbomosho to be like any other town in the southwest, definitely not also in Nigeria. We want Ogbomosho to be at the forefront, to be the model town. To be used as the town that people will be saying, is your town like Ogbomosho.