Govt has no business paying traditional rulers’ salaries – Don

Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo

A renowned professor of History, ‘Siyan Oyeweso, has said that communities, and not the government, should be responsible for the payment of salaries of their royal fathers.

He explained that communities needed to take up the responsibility given the roles they play in ensuring peace and seeing to the safety of their people.

Oyeweso, who is the executive director, Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, while speaking to journalists on Friday, said a royal father well loved by his people would not lack as the people in his domain would always take care of his needs.

He said the centre had concluded arrangements to bring together traditional rulers nationwide to discuss and proffer solutions to security challenges facing the country, in recognition of their relevance to the security of lives and properties in their domains. He gave the theme of the summit as ‘Security and insecurity in Nigeria: Role of the traditional institution’.

He noted that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, and other prominent traditional rulers would be in attendance to discuss the security situation in the country.

He added, “Nigeria has never had it so bad in terms of security. It is nauseating that even traditional rulers have become victims of kidnapping and banditry. It is a shame on our humanity and a failure of the state.

“The North-East is at war; the North-West is battling with banditry and kidnapping and the situation is the same with the South-West. This means the country is in great danger. The summit seeks to provide alternative ways to effective security.

“Besides the traditional rulers, experts in the field of intelligence, academia and people from the Diaspora would be part of the summit.”

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