Kwara guber aspirant pledges support for traditional rulers

Date: 2018-10-02

Alhaji Shuaib Yaman, a governorship aspirant of All Progressive Congress Party (APC) in Kwara State, has pledged to ensure more roles, recognition and incentive for traditional rulers as a way of promoting good governance.

Yaman made the pledge during a visit to the Olomu of Omu-Aran, Obaleye Abdulraheem Oladele Adeoti, in his palace in Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area.

Yaman and its team were in Omu-Aran as part of a familiarisation tour of Kwara South Senatorial District of the state ahead of the party's governorship primaries.

NAN also reports the team had earlier paid homage to the Olosi of Osi, Oba Solihu Adasofegbe and the Alofa of Iloffa, Oba Samuel Dada, in Ekiti and Oke-Ero Local Government Areas, respectively.

Yaman, who described the role of traditional rulers as crucial in any democratic setting, noted that their wisdom and fatherly advices were paramount in promoting government programmes and policies.

The APC aspirant said the desire to seek more knowledge, wisdom and blessings on the challenges ahead prompted his decision to pay homage to the traditional rulers, especially at the grassroot.

He praised the traditional rulers for being astute promoter and vanguard of sustaining the nation's democratic system, promising to accord more recognition to traditional institution if elected as governor of the state.

"When things are not going on well particularly in a community setting the traditional heads put heads together applies their wisdom and with God on their side things will become normal and flourishing.

"Such is to show how important and relevant the roles of our traditional rulers who are custodian of customs, tradition and heritage, which is also applicable to governance.

"In other words our traditional rulers needed more recognition, roles and incentive to perform creditably well in their administrative assignments," he said.

Oba Adeoti, in his remarks praised Yaman for his foresight and prayed for God's divine guidance and blessings for him to succeed in his chosen political career.

Earlier, Yaman in interactions with party members and leaders had urged them to remain steadfast and dedicated in upholding the party's principles and ideas in order to ensure the desired victories.

He promised to give more priority attention to education, health, human capital development and improved well-being through adequate, shelter, accommodation and transportation if elected into office.

 

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