Ondo State Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa says his administration will no longer allow stools of traditional rulers to be unnecessarily vacant.
Governor Aiyedatiwa stated this at the opening ceremony of a public hearing on draft of Chieftaincy Declaration in Akure.
Represented by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Amidu Takuro the governor described as unacceptable a situation whereby stools of monarchs were vacant for over ten years due to litigation or other factors.
He said the draft of Chieftaincy Declaration was aimed at making Ondo State a model for other states to copy in Nigeria and to put an end to unnecessary delay in throne accesion in all towns and communities in the state.
Governor Aiyedatiwa who lamented the rate of litigations surrounding Chieftaincy tussles across the state said there was need for the state government to wade in by coming up with documents that would address succeesion plans for every traditional rulers.
Some traditional rulers at the event commended the state government for coming up with the public hearing, expressing the hope that the step would put an end to Chieftaincy title crises.
