The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has handed the newly installed Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdu-Rasheed Akanbi a staff of office and the instrument of authority.
Present at the ceremony were the Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, Deputy Governor of Osun Grace Titi Laoye Tomori, and many others.
Aregbesola charged the monarch to lead by example, saying that leadership naturally comes with certain privileges and that a good leader must convert privileges to resources of governance.
He also admonished the monarch to rule with wisdom and fear of God, noting that the people over whom he presides are diverse politically, ideologically, temperamentally, socially and by moral disposition.
“Not all of them will readily agree with you and many of them will say or do things you will consider abhorrent. But they are all your subjects and you are required to preside over them with tact and wisdom in a way that will enable you to get the best out of them.
“A leader must also be a unifying person and must never constitute a divisive agent. There are two kings whose reign the Yoruba never forget. These are the king whose reign is peaceful and the one whose reign is characterized by turmoil and scattering.
“May your reign be peaceful and usher in prosperity for the people in the realm”.
In his acceptance speech, the Oluwo advocated for the use of local resources in the economic production process for the development of our own God-given potential.
According to him, this will guarantee economic well-being of the people of the state even as he promised to focus on the development pursuit of economic liberation of his people.
He also promised to continue to advocate for a massive utilization of locally sourced materials for the production of those articles and goods being massively consumed by the people.
“I am here to serve my people. I am here to take my homeland to that height it deserves among the comity of modern cities of the world.” [myad]
