Asagba Bans Unregistered Native Doctors, As Oba Of Benin Warns Against Misuse Of Attires
The Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, yesterday, banned the activities of unregistered native doctors and their female (Ezewanyi) counterparts who are of non-Asaba extraction in Asaba and environs, saying: “The way and manner they operate is detrimental to the peace and well-being of our land.”
The monarch also decried the massive influx of people from other states who currently constitute a nuisance in the state.
Addressing journalists at his Palace, Prof. Azinge said: “We have banned activities of Ezewanyi because they have suddenly taken over the land and their activities, I consider nefarious.”
He explained that they are supporting not just the Yahoo Yahoo boys, but are also behind kidnappings, among others. So, we banned them, and we have also directed that all the native doctors operating in this land now be registered and regulated, and, to that extent, they cannot operate unless they have the clearance of ‘Otuhas’, which is the governing legislative body in Asaba.
He said: “Evidence abounds that most of the people that are being dislodged or dislocated across the Niger are finding Asaba a haven at this point, and that is why we want to be a bit more proactive.”
MEANWHILE, the Benin Traditional Council, yesterday, warned sons and daughters at home and in the Diaspora against the abuse of the Bini traditional attires for social and cultural ceremonies.
Addressing newsmen in Benin on the rising incidents of misuse of the traditional Bini dressing and traditional paraphernalia, the palace chiefs, led by Norense Ozigbo-Esere Osuma of Benin, cautioned Bini sons and daughters at home and in the Diaspora on the use of traditional paraphernalia.
He said the Oba of Benin, Ewuare Il, has directed that Okuku is a traditional hairdo strictly for the Queens of the monarch and is, therefore, not allowed to be used by any other woman.
