{"id":358368,"date":"2025-03-16T10:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T09:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=358368"},"modified":"2025-03-16T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T09:59:02","slug":"traditional-rulers-part-of-nigerias-problems-criminals-drug-addicts-kidnappers-now-king-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/03\/16\/traditional-rulers-part-of-nigerias-problems-criminals-drug-addicts-kidnappers-now-king-obasanjo\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional rulers part of Nigeria&#8217;s problems; criminals, drug-addicts, kidnappers now king \u2013 Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He stated that Nigeria must replace the current crop of uninspiring and ignoble characters that now sit boastfully on traditional stools with men of integrity, honour and dignity that occupied the position in days of yore<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has bemoaned the desecration of traditional institutions in Nigeria and the concomitant erosion of value, saying the scourge has contributed immensely to the plethora of challenges the nation is now grappling with.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that traditional rulers have abandoned their role as custodian of traditions and customs, the palladium of positive and exemplary societal values even as they have long ditched the training and apprenticeship within their palace.<\/p>\n<p>The former President disclosed these in one of his new books, \u2018Nigeria: Past and Future\u2019 unveiled last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/03\/16\/nigeria-sitting-on-ticking-time-bomb-pushing-hungry-unemployed-youths-towards-revolution-obasanjo\/\">Obasanjo<\/a>, who lamented the proliferation of all kinds of kings nowadays, said unworthy and questionable characters are now being installed as traditional rulers.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cToday, there are criminals, drug addicts, vagabonds, bandits and kidnappers as so-called traditional rulers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great pity, and it has greatly contributed to the problems of Nigeria by traditional rulers. How do we account for a traditional ruler snatching a ballot box at an election polling station and running away with it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He stated that Nigeria must replace the uninspiring and ignoble characters that now sit boastfully on traditional stools with men of integrity, honour and dignity that occupied the position in days of yore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe class of traditional rulers with their distinction, honour and dignity, as we knew them in the colonial days and early post-independence days, has been diluted and polluted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat dignity, aura and respect should be brought back and traditional rulers should be an asset to Nigeria\u2019s development and greatness and not a liability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a need for moral re-armament among the traditional rulers \u2013 the ancient and historic ones. And they can and should make meaningful contributions to the Nigeria of our dreams that will serve the purpose and interest of all\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He stated that Nigeria must replace the current crop of uninspiring and ignoble characters that now sit boastfully on traditional stools with men of integrity, honour and dignity that occupied the position in days of yore Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has bemoaned the desecration of traditional institutions in Nigeria and the concomitant erosion of value, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":274688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[87588,303,1665,9216],"class_list":["post-358368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-kings","tag-nigeria","tag-obasanjo","tag-traditional-rulers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Traditional rulers part of Nigeria&#039;s problems; 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