Any politician hoarding palliative incurring God’s wrath – Oluwo

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi has disclosed that any elected political office holders hoarding palliative are inviting God’s wrath upon themselves.

He also advocated that palliative distribution should be channeled through traditional rulers because of their proximity to the people at the grassroots.

Speaking with newsmen after personally leading distribution of 5kg bags of rice to women and the aged across family compounds in Iwo, the monarch stressed the need for empathy among public office holders towards the masses.

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According to him, President Bola Tinubu shouldn’t be left alone proffering solution to the present economic hardship. Individuals too should extend God’s grace to those in need. This is not the time to hoard riches or food items, we should give to others and let joy go round the society.

“If any government or political officer holder is hoarding palliative, I believe that it is a curse. People should not incure the wrath of God in this period of Ramadan and Easter. You can’t finish all the food by yourself, it will only kill you. Instead, distribute it like I am doing to those who need it. This is leadership! King is the servant and the people, you treat them as kings because I want to raise kings.

“Traditional rulers are the link between government and the people, you can see that I went to my people one-on-one and I met them, I did not send emissaries to them, this is how we want the government to know that the traditional rulers can go as far as meeting their people in their respective houses.

“Government can extend palliative to the masses by reaching them through the traditional rulers, there are sincere monarchs across the country whose major interest is the welfare of their people, together we scale through the present hardship and make the country great again”, he added.

The monarch, assisted by some of his palace aides went through different compound distributing the bags of rice to nursing mothers and the aged, who received the gesture aesthetically.