A Pan Yoruba Youth socio-political organisation, Yoruba Youth Congress (YYC) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to grant constitutional roles to monarchs across the nation.
The group said the amendment to the 1999 Constitution would be in line with the 1969 Constitution that gave traditional rulers roles to play in governance.
Speaking at a programme tagged:” Revitalisation of Yoruba language and cultural value” in Akure, the National President of YYC, Prince Dapo Adepoju, who doubles as chairman, Coalition of Southern Nigeria Ethnic Youth Nationalities, noted that giving constitutional roles for monarchs would promote stability and steadiness and help the executive to stabilise the polity.
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According to him: “The traditional institutions act as instrument for coordinating various social-economic activities within the society it has also been a social agents as well as mass mobilization facilitators in various communities in Nigeria.
“The roles of traditional rulers in conflict resolution include reconciling and integrating both parties in conflicts, without rabcour and maintaining law and order in the communities, and promoting the use of informal settlements, checks and balances in the society, managing improper communication and interaction breakdowns amongst their subjects”
He said the monarchs should be given a clear constitutional role as 4th tier of government.
“We implore the Federal government to allow the traditional rulers to maintain the internal security of their domain with other government security apparatus.”