ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN YORUBA RELIGION? IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP AND SOCIETY IN NIGERIA
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2004
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Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
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The world over is beginning to pay renewed attention to the issues of the environment, and Nigeria is no exception. Individuals, in different life-threatening situations', have confessed how small they appeared to themselves, and how mighty Mother Nature was when "natural disaster" struck. Some of the incidences that posed as dangerous were consequences of human
interference with harmony of nature. Either out of omission or commission, humanity the world over, has consistently devastated the environment, tampering with the orderliness and the sacredness of the biosphere, the marine and aquatic lives. When nature decides to react, the manifestations are evident in form of epidemic, flood, marine pollution, diseases, pestilences, famine and sometimes, terrible storms.
In view of these, nations of the world now engage in programmes of collating and harvesting the vast pieces of information that can assist them in managing the environment for harmonious relationship with it.
Recently, the Nigerian government mapped out activities that will encourage her citizens to be environmental friendly and also treat it with some measure of-respect. As shown-on the network news, the Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar planted a tree and encouraged every Nigerian to plant at least fifty. This attitude is in line with the global wave of romance with the environment. The enormity of the necessity to embrace and care for the earth and all her wealth is the reason we are postulating the attitude of Yoruba religion (to the environment) to the Nigerian leadership and society.
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Environmental Issues, Yoruba Religion, Leadership, Society, Nigeria