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“B’éni l’ówó bí ò n’íwà, owó olówó ni

B’éni l’áya bí ò n’íwà, aya aláya ni
B’éni bí’mo bí ò n’íwà, omo olómo ni
If one has money but lack character, it’s someone else money
If one has wife but lack character, it’s someone else wife
If one has children but lack character, they belong to someone else.”
Iwa is the ultimate weapon we use to acquire all good things of life.
I pray our character won’t destroy our destiny.”
~Okanran Odi.

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