Omo N’Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin at the weekend said the palace will engage in fasting and prayers during the Emoro fondly called the new yam festival
According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Oba, Osaigbovo Iguobaro, at the Emoro Ceremony, the monarch proclaimed, that Emoro festivals would be observed with one month of prayer and fasting, by all Benin sons and daughters at home and in the diaspora, beginning from the 2024 Calendar year.