President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigeria’s conventional rulers to step up their involvement in addressing the nation’s safety challenges and selling unity throughout various communities.
President Tinubu said this on Thursday in Lagos on the launch of the autobiography of His Royal Highness, Oba (Dr) Samuel Oluyemisi Olu Falae.
He emphasised that past their ceremonial roles, royal fathers should function stabilising forces inside their domains, leveraging their affect to encourage peaceable coexistence and strengthen social cohesion.
The President, who was represented by the Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation, Senator George Akume, mentioned the nation’s royal fathers should rise to the calls for of the second by serving as frontline brokers of peacebuilding and grassroots stability.
“Peace and safety aren’t solely the accountability of presidency; they’re collective duties,” the president mentioned, calling on monarchs to advertise dialogue, discourage violence, and strengthen cohesion inside their domains.
The occasion, which drew political leaders, conventional rulers, and members of the diplomatic group, was framed by Tinubu as greater than a ceremonial guide launch, however a mirrored image on management, service, and nationwide values embodied by Oba Falae.
Describing the previous Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation as “a bridge between custom and fashionable governance,” the President praised his legacy in public service, {economic} administration, and cultural management.
He famous that Falae’s profession, from his stewardship as finance minister to his present position because the Olu-Abo of Ilu-Abo in Ondo State, represented a uncommon mix of technocratic self-discipline and conventional authority.
Tinubu highlighted Falae’s tenure in authorities as one marked by fiscal prudence and coverage readability, including that his contributions helped form Nigeria’s {economic} framework throughout vital durations, at the same time as he acknowledged his management position inside Afenifere, the place he has served as chairman of the Nationwide Government Committee since 2025.
The President pressured that conventional establishments stay indispensable to governance, significantly at a time of heightened safety challenges and social fragmentation.
“Our royal fathers are the closest hyperlink between authorities and the grassroots.
“Your palaces should stay centres of peacebuilding, battle decision, and ethical steerage,” he mentioned.
He assured that his administration would proceed to strengthen collaboration with conventional establishments, pledging extra engagement in efforts to reinforce safety, social concord, and grassroots growth.
The President additionally underscored the symbolic weight of Falae’s autobiography, describing it as each a private chronicle and a mirror of Nigeria’s journey via trials and resilience.
He mentioned the guide affords useful classes for youthful generations on perseverance, patriotism, and integrity.
He congratulated the monarch on the publication, expressing hope that his legacy would proceed to encourage future leaders.