In commemoration of the 2025 Isese Day celebration, the International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR) on Wednesday called on President Bola Tinubu to give equal recognition to Isese adherents in Nigeria by declaring August 20 and 21 as public holidays.
The council’s President, Fayemi Fakayode, made this call in a statement issued in Ibadan, Oyo State.
New Telegraph had earlier reported that Oyo, Lagos, Ogun, and Osun state governments had declared Wednesday a work-free day in honour of this year’s Isese Day.
Fakayode, however, urged governors of Ekiti, Ondo, Kwara, Kogi, Edo and Delta states to emulate their South-West counterparts by recognising every August 2..Continue..Reading..
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽!
