The Olugbon of Orile-Igbon in Oyo State, Oba Francis Alao, has told the state House of Assembly to be careful on the proposed amendment of the Chiefs Law of the state.
reports that the amendment seeks to empower the state governor to elevate some chiefs traditional rulers to bead-wearing obas if the council of obas and chiefs does not meet to consider their elevation.
He lamented that the proposal did not take the customs and traditions of the people into consideration, saying it might be a recipe for unnecessary communal clashes and border disputes. Also, Oyo royal families and ruling houses cautioned against the amendment, in a memo titled, “Memorandum On Chiefs Amendment Law 2023 Section 28,” which they addressed to the Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs., the ruling houses said they were strongly opposed to the abrogation of the powers of the Council of Obas and Chiefs on all matters relating to chieftaincies in the state.
It read in part, “We strongly object to the abrogation of the powers of the council on all matters relating to chieftaincies in the state. The council is better dissolved than publicly ridiculed and rendered toothless and irrelevant.
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