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The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Wednesday received Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), President of the Ratel Movement, at his ancient palace in Iwo, Osun State.
VDM was welcomed by members of the Ratel Movement from different states who came to identify with their leader.
Speaking after the meeting, VDM said the movement was ready to participate in active politics, commending President Bola Tinubu for granting full local government autonomy to support grassroots development.
He urged Tinubu to ensure the full implementation of the autonomy, particularly regarding the distribution of local government “dividends” and benefits.
VDM also encouraged citizens to increase their oversight, monitoring and criticism of local government authorities, saying people should ask more questions of those managing local governments, just as they do of federal and state governments.
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“This is my first time in Osun State. I have listened to the king, the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, requesting my movement to join active politics.
“In our recent meetings, politics has formed part of our discussions. We are working and planning on this. At appropriate time very soon, we will support the most trusted ones among us. We will start from the local government level. I have made contact because there is a way we do our things.
“One thing I commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for was the granting of local government autonomy to our local government even though some states are frustrating it. I am happy that Oluwo of Iwoland has said the autonomy granted by the President is working in Osun State.
“I want to appeal to the masses to dissipate more energy in their oversight monitoring and criticism of local and state governments administration in Nigeria. We should ask those managing our local government more questions,” he added.
