Are you from a community in Ekiti, the “Land of Honour and Integrity”? A land of rolling hills, rich culture, and hardworking people—yet many families still struggle to enjoy the full blessings God has given them. Do you think your people can achieve more social or industrial excellence if they have the liberty to own and control their lands, resources and socio-industrial destiny?
Today, you are sent to take the message of intercultural liberty to your community and their neighbors for them to prepare to manifest the greatness that God put in each community at the coming Tour of Liberty. This intercultural liberty is the belief that:
“there is something great in every community and culture, and so, they all deserve the liberty to own, modify and use their cultural, human and natural resources to prosper and to manifest their greatness to their communities, nations, continent and the world. And that the four institutions of public regulation (government, religion, academia and mass media) are only made to support these communities and their members to manifest their greatness.”
So, your people are not made to depend, survive and endure, but to prosper and manifest their abundant light to other people in Ekiti, Nigeria, Africa and the world. This Tour of Liberty will lead to the discussion and creation of private property rights in a Restart National Conference for each community or individual to own and control their lands and resources (cultural, human and natural resources). For, despite government beautification of the place, as long as the communities and individuals lack control of their lands and resources for socio-industrial growth, they will remain under neo-colonial bondage.
CULTURAL WEALTH: carved out of Ondo state in 1996, Ekiti State is a landlocked state in southwestern Nigeria. They are the proud members of the Yoruba ethnic group, and blessed with traditions of respect, hospitality, boldness and resilience. Their cultural resources include festivals like Ekiti Parapo war history, yam festivals, Ogun festivals, Egungun festivals, masquerades, folktales and crafts that can inspire tourism, books, movies, and museums.
HUMAN WEALTH: based on the 2008 INEC register, Ekiti has about 2.3 million vibrant people. And some of the prominent people from Ekiti state who can contribute to the socio-industrial liberation and prosperity of Ekiti communities include: Afe Bablola, Yinka Ayefele, Odunlade Adekola, Ayodele Fayose, Kayode Fayemi
NATURAL WEALTH: moderate rainfall and vast fertile farmland for rice, citrus, kola-nut, cowpea, yam, cassava, plantain, maize, cocoa, palm, rubber and timber. Some communities in Ekiti state contain great tourist sites like Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort, Arinta Water falls, Ipole-Iloro, Olosunta Hills, Ikere-Ekiti, Fajuyi Memorial Park, Ado-Ekiti, Ero Dam, Ikun-Ekiti, Egbe Dam, Egbe-Ekiti and Natural caves in Ikere Ekiti. Some also have mineral resources like quartzite, lignite, kaolin, clay, cassiterite, tin ore, columbite, bauxite, foundry sand, granite, feldspar and tantalite.
WHAT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS CAN UNLOCK FOR EKITI INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
With true land and resource rights, communities can create local jobs and industries, build cultural hubs and tourism centers, negotiate fair partnerships, and ensure their children inherit both land and dignity. Imagine if Ekiti yam festivals were expanded into global tourism events—or if farmers had direct ownership of land to partner properly in growing food, drinks and medicines on commercial scale.
CULTURAL: since they have different communities, they can develop several movies, books, stories, games, and arts to project their story of harmonizing their differences to manifest their intercultural liberty.
HUMAN: With their industrious disposition and natural resources, Ekiti people have and can still produce high level farmers, managers, diplomats, engineers, scholars, doctors, bankers, writers and professionals in every sector of the economy.
NATURAL RESOURCES: apart from various foods that they can massively produce when they fully engage in mechanized farming, different communities in Ekiti can also make technical products based on the mineral resources in their lands such as: quartzite, lignite, kaolin, clay, cassiterite, tin ore, columbite, tantalite, bauxite, foundry sand, granite and feldspar.
Quartzite: is a light-colored, hard metamorphic rock, which forms from sandstone. It is a decorative stone used for roofing tiles, flooring, stair-steps, countertops, roads for construction, silicon carbide
Kaolin: for film formation, fibre extension, polymer, chemicals, carrier (pesticides and pharmaceuticals) adsorbent, diluent and polishing agent for teeth, automobiles, soft-metals like gold and silver.
Coal (lignite): for generating electricity, and in synthetic natural gas generation, fertilizer production and home-heating.
Clay: used with gypsum for cement.
Tin or and Cassiterite: for making steel and other metal equipment
Columbite, tantalite and Bauxite: for large-scale aluminium, which is then used in vehicles, electronics, construction, utensils and aeroplane. Also used in industries for chemicals, refractory, abrasive, cement, steel, petrol, rubber, plastic, paint and cosmetics, then in construction, paper-making, water purifying and petrol-refining.
Foundary sand: in metal industry, used together with clay-moulds to cast metals into desired shapes
Granite and feldspar: made up of crystals, and used for making tiles, furniture finishing, building rocks, paving stones, monuments, slabs, gemstones, etc.
When communities and individuals take control of their lands and resources, then they can partner with various groups and well-regulated investors to properly use these resources to prosper and manifest their abundance.
