Traditional rulers across the country, Friday, made a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa.
The meeting is the first between representatives of the traditional council in the country and Tinubu. The meeting us currently being held at the State House Conference Centre in the Presidential Villa.
It was gathered that the meeting is said to be part of President Tinubu’s consultations with various stakeholders across the country, is expected to be discussing sundary issues, including how to achieve national healing and unity.
Giving the opening remarks, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar, who led his colleagues to the meeting, said the traditional rulers visited the President to congratulate and reassure of their support for him.
According to Abubakar the council of traditional rulers is consist of professionals from various fields of human endeavour, making the council a useful pool for the President to draw expertise from, adding that they will be ready to always answer his calls whenever he needs their services.
The Sultan also expressed the traditional rulers’ confidence in the ability of Tinubu to bring the country to the path of progress, saying that they would support him in his task of concretising the renewed hope agenda.
On his part, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Adewusi, implored President Tinubu to make more use of the traditional rulers especially in tackling insecurity, saying: “Mr. President, use us. Use us. Use us.”
It was gathered that those in the meeting included the Vice President Kashim Shettima; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume; Sultan of Sokoto, the Ooni of Ife, Emir of Kano, Obi of Onitsha, Tor Tiv, Etsu Nupe, Deji of Akure, SGF, Shehu of Borno, Permanent Secretary, Elegushi of Ikate, Jaja of Opobo, Lamido of Adamawa, Emir of Zauzzau, Gbong Gwom Jos, Attah Igala, Alake of Egbaland, Shehu of Borno, a representative of the Oba of Benin.
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