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  Again, Okoukoni Care Foundation Raises Bars For The Hopeless Across Edo State.  Today and every day, a large number of children wake up with no prospect of a stimulating and life-enhancing opportunity to education, outside facing hunger, hard work, ill-health and poverty as a result. Each of these children (some) who would not know inside of a classroom and unable to enroll for West African Examination Council -WAEC and the National Examination Council-NECO has today gain opportunity with young children education support organization 'The Okoukoni Care Foundation' who yearly pays WAEC enrollment fee for young children across the state.  It is worthy to note that the foundation has recorded young child education support over the years, paying enrollment fee for children and giving necessary moral support while increasing their accessibility to quality education.  Martins Okoukoni, former Edo governorship aspirant and founder of the foundation stated that his joy is ...

  NAMES & NAMING IN OSOSO   Why Some People Bears Name Of Animals, Things & Places. By: Osheku Afoyan Isaac   As known, a person's name is part of his or her cultural identity. Names are valuable source of information that indicate birth place, ethnicity, gender, religion and position within a family and society at large. Name has various deictic or mono-referential function. Naming was established to members of any community to identify and communicate with one another.  They are form of historical traces and reading meaning to past happenstances within and outside families. A common genesis story across a range of different cultures: from the starting primordial animistic beliefs system to monotheistic religions. Names and naming in Ososo can be related to equal historic/genesis of naming including a mythic perspective, the quasi-magical power of naming that left its mark through folktales and stories. As naming is a word or group of words used to refer to...

  OSOSO ITAKPO FESTIVAL, A REINFORCEMENT OF CULTURAL VALUES The people of Ososo have varieties of cultural festivals ranging from Itakpo, Owah, Unehe, Okienhe, and lots more guided by traditions being the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation and the fact of being passed on in this way.  Ososo traditions are inherited, established and customary pattern of thought, action and behavior contributing a sense of comfort and belonging.  They reinforces values such as freedom, faith, integrity, a good education, personal responsibility, a strong work ethic, and the value of being selfless.  In Ososo, the traditions enables us to showcase the principles of our Founding Fathers, celebrate diversity, and get united as community.  Observing the festivals offers an excellent context for meaningful pause and reflection on ones life and origin.  The values and uniqueness of Ososo cultural festivals cannot not be told as they are pleasant to see...