The Olowu of Kuta Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba Makama Oyelude, Tegbosun III, has called on the Federal Government to allow local government autonomy.
Oba Oyelude, who noted that all happenings on insecurity are locally conceived also enjoined Nigerians to support the Military in their quest to battle terrorism.
This is just as the revered monarch urged the Federal Government to increase the annual budget on security. He stressed that some African countries that are not battling insecurity still spend more on securing their borders.
He made the call on Friday when he was featured at the breakfast meeting of the South West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP), in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The Osun monarch said “the management of the security of a country like Nigeria goes beyond the government alone, though the major responsibility rest forests government.
“With this in view, the local government administration should be strengthened and given autonomy. If the local government, lack autonomy, we would still not get to the root cause of insecurity because all security issues are local.
“In the 774 local government areas that we have in the country, we have a DPO, we have SS officers, we have a traditional ruler, and we have civil defence officers. With this, it becomes easier for intelligence gathering and sharing at that level. The funding of that intelligence would also be easier when the local government have full autonomy.
“We as citizens should stop politicizing security issues. Insecurity doesn’t know your political party, religion or beliefs. We should always be citizens that speak out because that is how intelligence is being gathered.”
