Nigeria @ 62: Stakeholders demand constitutional role for traditional rulers

Some traditional rulers in the South-East geopolitical zone have expressed worry that 62 years after the attainment of independence, the country’s Constitution had yet to define the role of the royal fathers.A cross-section of the traditional rulers made the remark in separate interviews.In Anambra, the Traditional Ruler of Abacha in Idemili North Local Government Area, Igwe Godwin Odiegwu, demanded that the Constitution should be amended to assign specific roles to traditional rulers in the process of national development.According to Odiegwu, constitutional recognition will confer greater legitimacy on royal fathers as development…

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