The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdur-Rasheed Akanbi has decried the action of some political office holders hoarding palliative, warning them not incur the wrath of God on themselves.
The monarch disclosed this on Monday, in Iwo, Osun State, after distributing rice palliative to aged and immobile residents of the town to cushion the effect of the current economic hardship in Nigeria.
Oluwo said: “If any government and political office holder is hoarding palliative, I believe that it is a curse. People should not incur the wrath of God in this period of Ramadan and Easter.
Oba Akanbi said that he engaged in the distribution of palliative to residents so as to complement the efforts of President Bola Tinubu government.
Oluwo stated that traditional rulers is a link between the government and the people who can reach out to their subjects at their respective houses.
He called on the well-to-do Nigerians to reach out to the less privileged around them during economic hardship in the country.
“Traditional rulers as a link between the state government and the people, you can see that I went to my people one-on-one and I met them, it is not that I am sending people to them, this is how we want the government should know that the traditional rulers can go as far as meeting their people in their respective houses.
“And also to complement the efforts of the new government. It is a new rebirth of Nigeria, we saw it, when the government of President Bola Tinubu came to power, we didn’t really know what was going on, people started lamenting hardship but after that, we can see that their is sincerity of purpose, I was in Aso Villa to listen to the President, he has a good plan and that is why we are imploring Nigerians in this time of rebirth, in this time of digging new foundation, it is always hard, so this new time people should help their neighbours.
“The rich should help the poor so that we can all grow together and fight the corruption in the land to reach out to people during this hard time. We are complementing the efforts of the government and those who have should do the same.
“The traditional rulers that can actually reach out, people must have sincerity in what they do, traditional rulers can really reach out to their people.
“You see while I was distributing, you did not see that I am discriminating, my sharing formula is blind.
“If any government and political office holder is hoarding palliative, I believe that it is a curse. People should not incur the wrath of God in this period of Ramadan and Easter. You can’t finish that food by yourself, it will only kill you. Instead, distribute it like I am doing to those who need it. This is leadership! King is the servant and the people, you treat them as kings because I want to raise kings” Oluwo said.
