Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the ooni of Ife, says if Nigerian
youth are not happy with President Muhammadu
Buhari, they should vote him out in the next election.

Speaking in an interview aired on The Osasu Show, the
king said the youth were yet to fathom how powerful
they are in the scheme of things., admonishing them
to quit complaining about the misdeeds of
government.

He admonished them to stop complaining about the
misdeeds of government.

When asked what government must do to better the
lot of the Nigerian youth, the monarch said: “Why must
it be government, government? Who is government? It
is the people that are behind the government.

“If you are not happy with your president, you go for
another election, and you will vote your president out.

If you are happy with your president, you will continue
with that government for them to be in power.

“Truth be told, we Nigerians don’t know our power yet.

We don’t know our voting power, yet. Until we know it,
we won’t stop complaining, especially the youth. Once
we know it, we won’t complain again.

“My school of thought is let us, first of all, organise
ourselves and let us talk positively about this country.

Let us stop derogatory, hate speeches. Things that will
continue to divide everybody further.”

The ooni also advised against hate speech, division
and projection of negative energy among countrymen.

“Truth be told, the youth don’t know their power yet.

Fortunately, power belongs to the youth of Nigeria.

Once they can get themselves together, that power
belongs to them,” he said.

“So my advice to them is to stop hate speeches. They
should stop being not focused. I understand the
frustrations, I understand absolutely. I live all my life
for the youth –every day of my life, I live it for the
youth.

“My advice; 2019, they should vote right. Whoever
that they think will do Nigeria justice, that will not
divide us further, that will unite us further, and make us
be a better nation, let us rally round that person.”

Ooni also spoke on his relationship with Rilwan Akiolu,
the oba of Lagos, saying he has no rift with the king
but the media only “over-celebrated the situation”.

Some months back, a video of the Lagos monarch
refusing to exchange pleasantries with his Ife
counterpart went viral, and it elicited different
reactions.

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