Traditional Leaders in a sentence

Also speaking during the Tshivhase Day celebrations, Chairperson of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-san Leaders Chief Thabo Seatlholo says elderly traditional leaders must impart knowledge to the new generation.

He said traditional leaders had the ethics of life; hence, he called on everyone who wanted to enter into politics to learn from traditional leaders to be able to conduct themselves in a noble way.

He said the members of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs through its various traditional leaders would collaborate with the religious groups in ensuring peaceful relations between the Church and the Ga Adangbe traditional councils.

But already the traditional leaders have been guaranteed by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Zweli Mkhize that their land would not be affected by land reform amendments if they are made to the Constitution.

Of concern to the traditional leaders was that most of the fatal fights were taking place during traditional beer-drinking gatherings.

The traditional leaders were also incensed by a new bill that had just been enacted, which allowed minor chiefs to appeal to the government in Accra, bypassing traditional chiefly authority.

Traditional leaders and their female counterparts have always been related and unmarried (marrying relatives was a traditional taboo).

Traditional leaders were eliminated, coopted, or made irrelevant, and the traditional educational system was largely dismantled; social structures were stressed to the breaking point.

She said this will be done in collaboration with the police, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) traditional leaders plus faith leaders.

Obviously, for this to work the State President must be its champion-in-chief and other change agents should include leaders of the Legislature, Judiciary, NGOs, the faith community and traditional leaders.

Businessmen and women, Civil and public servants, Artisans, religious cum traditional leaders, and entrepreneurs are finding it difficult in times like this.

He again called for unity among the traditional leaders in the Volta Region.

He also said that as indigenous Lagosians, they will always respect and revere traditional leaders in the state and locality.

In a Statement made available to the media in Mansa, Luapula Province Council of Chiefs Chairperson Chief Chisunka disclosed that Pastors and some traditional leaders are mostly responsible for falsely accusing people of witchcraft without evidence.

In several parts, traditional leaders hold a significant amount of influence.

I took Covid-19 vaccine in the early days of the pandemic together with other 58 traditional leaders under my jurisdiction,” she said.

It seems the repeal of the defamation of the President Law has just increased the number of people to benefit like Defense Chiefs and Traditional Leaders.

Malam Yusuf Bida, Acting Administrative Secretary, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) National Headquarters, in Kaduna, said with happenings in some states, traditional leaders had to be dethroned over alleged security breach and complicity.

Michael Iweha, Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt, said in Port Harcourt that it was no longer uncommon to see some traditional leaders abetting crime and criminality in their localities.

On the decision to remove fuel subsidy, for which various speakers at the meeting expressed support, the President appealed to the traditional leaders to persuade Nigerians to have faith and that the pump prices of fuel will eventually come down.