Traditional rulers, key to national unity, peace — Sultan, Sanwo-Olu

By Juliet Umeh

Prominent Nigerian leaders, including the Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III and Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, reaffirmed the captious relation of accepted rulers successful strengthening peace, unity, and inclusive governance crossed the country.

They spoke astatine the opening of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN, gathering held successful Lagos.

The gathering brought unneurotic monarchs, governors, and policymakers from crossed the federation to deliberate connected the theme:,”The Traditional Institution: The Imperative of Its Inclusion successful Effective and Efficient Governance successful Nigeria.”

The Sultan of Sokoto and Co-Chairman of the Council, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, called connected Nigerians to emergence supra taste and governmental divisions to sphere nationalist unity.

He said: “Whatever challenges we look arsenic a federation are not insurmountable. We indispensable face them unneurotic with honesty and emotion for 1 another. Nigeria is our lone country, and we indispensable support it.”

The Sultan urged leaders astatine each levels to prioritise bid and dialog implicit conflict, informing that nary nine thrives wherever mistrust and part dominate.

He commended the Lagos State authorities for hosting the council’s meeting, describing it arsenic a awesome of inclusiveness and inter-ethnic harmony.

He said: “What we request is not blasted oregon lamentation, but corporate enactment and sincere enactment that builds assurance among our people.”

In his address, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu emphasised that nary authorities could thrive without the concern of accepted rulers whom, helium described, arsenic the “true custodians of Nigeria’s motivation and taste fabric.”

According to him, “throughout our nation’s history, accepted leaders person played captious roles, settling disputes, guiding communities, and mediating betwixt authorities and the people. They stay motivation authorities who springiness dependable and meaning to governance.”

Sanwo-Olu noted that Lagos State had agelong recognised this relation by maintaining beardown collaboration with its assembly of chiefs and obas.

He reaffirmed his administration’s committedness to empowering accepted institutions done argumentation inclusion and infrastructural support.

He said: “For governance to beryllium genuinely effective, it indispensable beryllium inclusive. That means acknowledging the accepted institutions that recognize the pulse of the people. Our medication volition proceed to enactment hand-in-hand with royal fathers to guarantee peace, security, and prosperity successful each community.”

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