Jonathan condemns involvement of traditional rulers in communal crises .
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, condemned alleged involvement of traditional rulers in communal crises in the country which had resulted in the killings of a sizeable number of people, including the youth.
The traditional stool, according to him, was sacred, and the tradition bestowed on the rulers to live an exemplary lives worthy of emulation by the youths.
Making this known at the formal coronation ceremony of the paramount ruler, Obanema of Otuoke, King Lot Justin Ogiasa and his deputies, Paul Engoye and Moses Otazi, the president stated that traditional rulers had roles to play in the building of egalitarian society, most especially in maintaining peace and order in their respectives communities.
Even though the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, did not spell out the role of the traditional rulers, the President disclosed that a bill to this effect would be forwarded to the National Assembly before the end of the first quarter in 2011.
Condemning the act of administering the subjects from outside their domain President Jonathan urged the traditional rulers and chiefs to always reside in their domains, rather than living in diaspora to enable them to know the problems in their areas and nip them in the bud.
The President said that traditional rulers should learn to make sacrifice to enable peace and development reign in their communities, rather than razing down of buildings and killing people.
On the newly crowned King of Otuoke, Jonathan said Ogiasa deserved to be made the paramount ruler of the community because he was a selfless and transparent leader he had known from his undergraduate days in the University of Port Harcourt.
According to him,as a citizen of this small village, I was born and raised here.I thank all of you for finding time to grace the occasion.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, condemned alleged involvement of traditional rulers in communal crises in the country which had resulted in the killings of a sizeable number of people, including the youth.
The traditional stool, according to him, was sacred, and the tradition bestowed on the rulers to live an exemplary lives worthy of emulation by the youths.
Making this known at the formal coronation ceremony of the paramount ruler, Obanema of Otuoke, King Lot Justin Ogiasa and his deputies, Paul Engoye and Moses Otazi, the president stated that traditional rulers had roles to play in the building of egalitarian society, most especially in maintaining peace and order in their respectives communities.
Even though the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, did not spell out the role of the traditional rulers, the President disclosed that a bill to this effect would be forwarded to the National Assembly before the end of the first quarter in 2011.
Condemning the act of administering the subjects from outside their domain President Jonathan urged the traditional rulers and chiefs to always reside in their domains, rather than living in diaspora to enable them to know the problems in their areas and nip them in the bud.
The President said that traditional rulers should learn to make sacrifice to enable peace and development reign in their communities, rather than razing down of buildings and killing people.
On the newly crowned King of Otuoke, Jonathan said Ogiasa deserved to be made the paramount ruler of the community because he was a selfless and transparent leader he had known from his undergraduate days in the University of Port Harcourt.
According to him,as a citizen of this small village, I was born and raised here.I thank all of you for finding time to grace the occasion.
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