A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has affirmed that the office of elected executive officers are high than monarchs in Nigeria.
Obasanjo in a viral video had ordered all royal fathers present to stand up and greet him.
He mandates them at the commissioning of a 34.85 km Oyo-Iseyin Road and the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Iseyin Campus, which houses the College of Agricultural Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources.
The ex-president, who spoke in Yoruba, emphasized the need to place respect on people in position and people of old age.
According to him, doing this will enable the preservation of the Omoluabi culture of the Yorubas.
In his words:
Thank, you. Please, be seated. Firstly, I greet you all monarchs and royal fathers and thank you for coming,” he said.
“But let me make something clear: whenever the governor or the president is present, even the royal father must stand up to honour the president (or the governor).”
“Stand up! You can have your seat. Please!!!” he ordered them.
The statesman said, “In our (Yoruba) culture, we honour two main things: age and position. The governor’s position is higher than that of any monarch in as much as he is still the governor”.
