Alafin, Ooni, other S’West traditional rulers renew agitation for restructuring
- say unemployment, poverty, politic fuel #EndSARS mayhem
Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Oni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and other traditional rulers in the South Western part of nigeria have renewed agitation for restructuring of the country.
The monarchs insisted that without restructuring, the country is sitting on a time bomb which it aftermath result will be bigger than what was experienced in the region during the peaceful protest #EndSARS that snowballed into mayhem in various states.
They expressed their respective views during a stakeholders’ meeting and dialogue with the region governors, ministers and the Federal Government.
All the traditional rulers called on President Muhammadu Buhari who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Agboola Gabamari, to urgently address the issues of unemployment rate and poverty in the region, in order to check the reoccurrence of mayhem that ensued during the #EndSARS protest.
The traditional rulers from all the South West decried the level of unemployment and poverty in their various domains, urged federal government to declare state of emergency on unemployment and poverty.
The meeting which was hosted by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was called to evaluate and proffer solution to crisis rocking the region.
The meeting was attended by all the governors except Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, all ministers from the region, and paramount rulers.
-The Sun
