An aspirant for Warri South West State House of Assembly seat in the Delta State House of Assembly, under the platform of All Progressive Party (APC), Mr. Jude Akpodubakaye has stressed the need for State Houses of Assembly to assign constitutional roles to traditional rulers in the country.
Speaking during a consultative visit to the Pere of Ogbe-ijoh Kingdom, HRM Couple Oromoni, in Warri South West local government area of Delta state, Mr. Akpodubakaye, reiterated the rightful role of traditional rulers in mitigating crisis in their domains, pointing out that the many security challenges at the grassroots would be drastically reduced when the royal fathers are assigned constitutional roles.
According to the APC aspirant, giving such constitutional roles to monarchs would enable the traditional institution to deliver more effectively on their roles in peacebuilding and security at the grassroots.
Mr. Akpodubakaye, who was pioneer head of Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme’s regional-sub office, at Boro town (Orubiri) in Kolokuma/Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa state, extolled the exemplary leadership qualities of the monarch, just as he commended the royal father for his role in sustaining peace and unity among his subjects.
The aspirant pointed out that “until traditional rulers are given their deserving roles in the constitution, the nation may continue to have one crisis or the other”.
He recalled that “history had clearly shown how how traditional rulers played significant roles in curtailing conflicts”, adding that even the colonial masters duly recognised the role of the traditional institutions in governance.
The APC aspirant further stressed that traditional rulers have the mechanisms and instruments of addressing societal challenges if their structures were properly utilised.
Mr. Akpodubakaye, a First-Class Soft Ware Engineering graduate of University of East London, told the royal father that when elected into the state assembly, his priorities will be among others, to facilitate relevant bills that would enhance good governance and foster peaceful co-existence among the communities and ensure that constituency project funds were properly utilized, in addition to engaging the youths and women on vocational skills trainings to enable them become self-reliant.
Responding, the Pere of Ogbe-Ijaw, HRM Couple Oromoni, thanked Mr. Jude Akpodubakaye for taking advantage of the “Not-Too-Young-To-Rule-Bill”, recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, while charging him to always put the well-being of his people first in his priorities.
The royal father reiterated that power and position come from God and that as a traditional ruler, his duty is to pray for the aspirant to succeed in his political ambition.
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