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The sixth forum of traditional rulers and eminent persons has urged the federal government to take steps to protect the rights of Nigerians to live and actualise their dreams anywhere in the country, even as it enjoined government to entrench in the constitution functions and duties of royal fathers.
Scenes from the 6th Traditional Rulers and Eminent Persons Forum for Peace on 13th May 2004, at the Le Meridien Abuja, Nigeria. Hosted by the FCT
Courtesy of National Coordinator
HRH Erelu Abiola Dosumu
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The forum’s position is coming against the backdrop of recent killings in Yelwa, Plateau State, and Kano, which resulting in the death of hundreds of people and properties worth hundreds of millions of naira.
Rising from its sixth meeting in Abuja at the weekend, the forum in an 11-point communique said: The federal government should ensure that Nigerians are not discriminated against on the basis of indigeneship in any part of the country.”
The royal fathers contended that since the bulk of the maintenance of peace and security at the grassroots level resides in them, it was only natural for their roles be recognised through constitutional provisions. |
