A Nigerian on Twitter, Identified as Karimot Odebode has sparked debate on Twitter on why Nigeria has days to celebrate Christianity and Islam but none to celebrate traditional worshippers. According to the writer, Christianity and Islam are called "Introduced Religions".
The writer pointed out that every year, Christians and Islamists get to have multiple holidays but traditional worshippers have none to celebrate thei gods.
Karimot tweeted;
"Nigeria is not an islamic or Christian country. We had our religion before the advent of Christianity and Islam".
She said its unfair to have public holidays for Christmas, Easter, Eid el Fitr, Eid el Adha, Boxing Day, Maulud Nabiy but there is no day set aside for tradition worshippers to celebrate their deities.
She said;
"No day set aside for the Yoruba to worship the Olodumare, Sango, Sango, Osun, Oya, e`su`, etc. No day set for the Igbo to worship Chukwu, and no day set for any of the tribes to worship and celebrate their beliefs".
We can't keep marginalising and disrespecting other people's belief because of introduced religions. There are traditional worshippers in Nigeria, and the government should recognise them".
What do you think about this? Do you think Karimot is right?
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