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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
Igbo youths under the aegis of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, (COSEYL) has kicked against the Anambra Traditional Law initiated by the State governor, Charles Soludo. President General of the Igbo group, Goodluck Ibem in a statement on Friday condemned the law which it claimed was aimed at suffocating the wish of the people.
Ibem said COSEYL particularly detests the banning of conferment of chieftaincy titles to people outside the domain of a stool without the state government’s approval. He also kicked at the part of the law which he alleged encourages payment of outrageous taxes and levies.
“This anti-democratic and anti-people laws enacted by Governor Soludo is meant to strangulate the people and take life out of them.
“It is unfortunate that Governor Soludo has turned democracy which is meant to serve the people into a personal and private venture that will benefit only him and his family.
“It is difficult to explain how a governor will enact a law that deprives the people that traditional rights and privileges while also collecting outrageous taxes and levies to the turned of N3000 daily from poor old men and women who are struggling to make ends meet,” Ibem said.
“The Anambra State Traditional Institution law banning conferment of chieftaincy titles to people outside the domain of a stool without the state government’s approval is dictatorial, anti-democratic, anti-people, wicked and barbaric. “It is not a law but a decree because it does not represent the interest of the people but it is aimed at protecting the interest of a dictator who wants to remain in power against the popular will of the people.
“The traditional institution is older than Governor Soludo and those who know him should advise him to retrace his step and allow the traditional institutions to function the way the have before now,” the statement noted.
