Okorocha Reassures On Settlement Of Traditional Stool Tussles

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has reiterated his administration’s determination to resolve all traditional stool tussles for the smooth take off of the Community Government Council (CGC) initiative in the state.

Okorocha made the declaration in Owerri, while settling some of the cases brought before him by the Ministry of Community Government Council.

He said that the CGC had not gained the needed grounds because some communities did not have traditional rulers to pilot the affairs of their areas.

Okorocha described the disputes in the affected communities as a setback to the fourth tier of government, adding that his involvement was to ensure that justice prevailed in the selection of the traditional rulers.

The Governor regretted that the stool tussles in some communities had caused some persons to sell their land and property.

He stressed that his administration would put an end to such practices.

“The traditional stool should not be by election, but by divine mandate,” he said.

Okorocha urged those who emerged as traditional rulers to carry everybody in their communities along, for the sustenance of peace.