Traditional Rulers Key In Tackling Insecurity – Olu Of Warri

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has urged the national authorities to formally fortify the relation of accepted rulers successful Nigeria’s information framework, saying they stay trusted custodians of values and subject successful their communities.

The monarch stated this successful Kaduna arsenic portion of activities of the “Exercise Haske Biyu 2025” astatine the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, with the theme, “Strengthening Family Values arsenic a Force for National Security: The Role of Traditional Institutions.”

He said contempt being sidelined constitutionally, monarchs are often the archetypal constituent of interaction successful matters of section security, noting that their grassroots power tin beryllium harnessed to complement the enactment of instrumentality enforcement agencies.

“Traditional rulers indispensable stay unbiased arbiters of justice—not tools of the state, but trusted guides who clasp the motivation cloth of their communities together,” the Olu said.

He argued that galore of the crimes confronting the nation, from coercion to banditry, are perpetrated by radical who disregard long-established norms of household and, assemblage discipline.

He stressed that restoring household values and rebuilding spot astatine assemblage level indispensable beryllium seen arsenic captious elements of nationalist security.

Atuwatse III besides recalled however subject and bid instilled successful his ain household done relatives who served successful the Nigerian subject shaped his appreciation of integrity and responsibility.

“Legacy indispensable beryllium fought for. What we seek, beardown household values and motivation clarity volition not travel without resistance. That warfare indispensable beryllium waged daily: successful our minds, successful parenting, successful leadership, successful the mode we unrecorded our lives,” helium added.

The Olu called for a equilibrium of correction and compassion successful raising aboriginal generations, noting that accepted institutions tin assistance pb this effort if decently empowered.