Otunba Gani Adams, Chief Promoter of Olokun Festival Foundation has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to separate the Ministry of Culture and Tourism from Ministry of Information…

“The government should make ministry of culture independent. They should take it away from Alhaji Lai Mohammed because the arrangement is not working. If we are keen on promoting our culture, the government should as a matter of urgency make it independent and give it the necessary attention and funding that it deserves.”

“The Olokun Festival Foundation has become an important tourist and local attraction and this why I make bold to say, it may not be largely unconnected with the agility and efforts of the organisers of the festival to sustain in our people, their respect for deities.”

“It is our collective obligation as a people to ensure that our culture is sustained and Olokun Foundation, through its annual celebration of Olokun Festival among other activities geared towards the promotion of our culture, has in a way, been breaking down the walls of challenge posed by the fear of losing our culture to western education and imported faith that tend to undermine the growth and awareness of our people around our culture.”