Comments on: The Third Coming Of Rashidi Ladoja

By: Fowad

Fowad — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:01:46 +0000

Future developmental pattern is tilting towards traditionally inspired processes and the chiefs of the future with education will share ideas with the politically idealised bureaucrats, technocrats and the epistemic communities for national progression .

By: Solo

Solo — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:01:36 +0000

A recondite piece, Dr Abati. I have no scintilla of doubt in my person that you're a top-notch editor and scholar even though I don't always agree with you.

I join all Nigerians in congratulating the new Olubadan, Oba Rashidi Ladoja on his emergence and coronation. I was a very young boy back then when as Oyo Gov, Oba Ladoja went through hell in the hands of Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu. How destiny and Providence preserves some people to fulfill their true purpose in life. Oba Ladoja, has gone a full circle. Wishing him long reign! He should unite everyone and shun ronu terrorists masquerading as conservatives. They're giving Yoruba nation a very bad name. Oba Ladoja must avoid divisive tendencies and petty politics. He should avoid being a tool to power grabbers. At eight one years, he needs nothing again in life except clean and befitting legacies.

By: Fowad

Fowad — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:00:32 +0000

Future developmental pattern is titling towards traditionally inspired processes and the chiefs of the future with education will share ideas with the politically idealised bureaucrats, technocrats and the epistemic communities for national progression .

By: Mystic mallam

Mystic mallam — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 07:46:35 +0000

Listen, Mr. Abati, regular Nigerians are not interested in experimenting with any House of Chiefs "to connect any local levels with the regions and the center." People who parade themselves as national opinion-leaders, should stop misleading Nigerians with their ethnic biases served up as patriotic opinions. We don't need any House of Traditional and Religious Rulers. What we need is a restructured Nigeria that returns our violated federalism. We want each federating state, zone or region to have enough autonomy to make its own local constitution. It would be its choice to establish or not establish Parliaments of Chiefs, Obas and Emirs. We are all aware that excessive centralization is overloading Nigeria with a surfeit of free-loaders and free-riders living a life ostentatious entitlement and privilege at the expense of the rest. That must stop, or the least, be localized within the domains of federating units that crave them. If nothing is done by way of resetting Nigeria, and quite soon too, to begin some serious decentralization, the dam of national cohesion will surely burst.It's already happening in parts of the union where governments are negotiating power sharing with criminals, terrorists and non-government actors – ceding them land and territory, truncating the country's sovereignty. Clearly, over-centralization has made Nigeria unstable and insecure – establishment of House of Chiefs cannot resolve anything.