Give Constitutional Role To Traditional Rulers – Ogah, Nasarawa ZLP Senatorial Candidate

WORRIED by the increasing  spate  of crime and criminality in the country, the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP Senatorial candidate for Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Hon. Cletus Ogah has called for a  defined constitutional role for traditional rulers in Nigeria.

According to him the surge in crime  was due to inadequate powers invested  on  the monarchs.

Ogah said defining the roles of the traditional rulers  would not only strengthen the responsibility  of the monarchs in nation building but would also give them the power to tackle insecurity,  banditry and other criminal activities within their domains.

 This is even as the ZLP Candidate has recommended that traditional rulers should be allowed to rule their communities in accordance  with the tradition and norms of their forefathers.

The ZLP candidate who is also the  IPAC Chairman in Nasarawa State explained that  crime was in increase because the powers vested in the traditional rulers has been reduced thereby rendering the institution handicap as well making them mere rulers without power.

 While  underscoring the urgent need for frequent  meetings of the state governor, local government chairmen and traditional rulers to enhance working relationship and strengthen the institutions,  Ogah said:

“Strict adherence to procedures guiding succession to traditional ruler as provided for by law and insisted that reverence for traditional rulers should be sustained as they were closest authority to the grassroots”, Ogah, the ZLP Candidate stated.

He  also called for the creation of an enabling law to curb what he  referred to as excesses of presidents of Community Development Unions across Nigeria especially in Nasarawa

Ogah who faulted  a situation where Local government Chairmen  spending  just three years were given more power and recognition above the traditional rulers spending their lifetime  to oversee the communities within their domains.

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