The supreme leader of the Ogboni Fraternity, Otunba Francis Meshioye,
has said the fraternity has over 1.5million members nationwide. Punch
reports.Meshinoye, who is a council member of The Institute of Chartered
Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) and Executive
Director, JMG Ltd, stated this at a recent unveiling of the fraternity’s
centenary celebration in Ikeja, Lagos...
He decried the notion in the society that the organisation is a secret
cult. He said the fraternity is fostering unity and love among people of
diverse religions, political affiliations, professions and race.The
leader of the fraternity said members of his group would not engage in
unnecessary debates to change what he described as public misconception
about them but would conquer “the unfairness with pure thoughts, good
words and honourable deeds”.He added, “The biggest challenge that many
fraternities have is the impatience of those who are not their members
to examine their purposes with open minds and without prejudice. A pure
and investigative mind that is searching for unbiased understanding
should possess these qualities.
“Many people create mental stereotypes on what the fraternity should be
or how its members should or must look like.” He described the spread of
the organisation and the growth of membership as the greatest
achievement of the fraternity in 100 years
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