Bisi Oladele, Ibadan
TO better tackle growing insecurity in the country, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, has canvased for greater role for traditional rulers.
Oba Adeyemi made the proposal while addressing reporters at the sidelines of his 50th coronation anniversary celebration in Oyo at the weekend.
The monarch disbursed N5.5million to 550 petty traders in the town, a gesture facilitated by one of his sons, Hon. Akeem Adeyemi, representing Oyo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Beneficiaries, who were selected from the four local governments areas of Oyo, got N10,000 each.
The monarch also commissioned three solar boreholes which were also facilitated by the lawmaker at Oluewu Compound, Pakoyi, Oyo town; Baptist Secondary School, Oke-Isanmi, Ilora and Yara Parlour in Owode, Oyo town, on the occasion.
He said the Federal Government should partner monarchs for effective security in communities across the nation.
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The partnership, the monarch disclosed, would position traditional rulers to truly be formidable barricades that would reinforce peace and security of the nation, despite the enormous potentials inherent in their offices, positions and influence.
“As custodians of traditions and values, we are the ones who keep peace in our rural areas and in the various local governments that constitute our various states. As Nigerians, we must respect our various religious and ethnic backgrounds, because it is God that brought us together under one country. Thus, when we understand one another, the security challenges bedevilling the country will be a thing of the past,” the monarch stressed.
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