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Osun state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday described the abduction of school girls by insurgents in Borno State as barbaric.
Aregbesola spoke at the public presentation of a book, "Giants of History", written by Mr Lateef Ibirogba, Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy.
He said that the kidnap of the innocent girls was a pointer to the fact that the security situation in the North-Eastern part of the country was worsening.
The governor urged Nigerians to join hands with the relevant security agencies to bring terrorist activities in the country to an end.
Aregbesola also advised political office holders in Nigeria to stop using titles that suggested they were larger-than-life.
He said the preference by leaders to be addressed as "Your Excellency" and other "irrelevant honorific" was an aberration in leadership.
"Public officers get their right by popular electoral mandate and so it is totally paradoxical to address them as Your Excellencies. I believe leaders should gradually withdraw themselves from this abnormality and really tell the people who they really are,’’ he said.
Aregbesola urged leaders to see their positions as opportunities to serve and better the lot of their people.
Aregbesola spoke at the public presentation of a book, "Giants of History", written by Mr Lateef Ibirogba, Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy.
He said that the kidnap of the innocent girls was a pointer to the fact that the security situation in the North-Eastern part of the country was worsening.
The governor urged Nigerians to join hands with the relevant security agencies to bring terrorist activities in the country to an end.
Aregbesola also advised political office holders in Nigeria to stop using titles that suggested they were larger-than-life.
He said the preference by leaders to be addressed as "Your Excellency" and other "irrelevant honorific" was an aberration in leadership.
"Public officers get their right by popular electoral mandate and so it is totally paradoxical to address them as Your Excellencies. I believe leaders should gradually withdraw themselves from this abnormality and really tell the people who they really are,’’ he said.
Aregbesola urged leaders to see their positions as opportunities to serve and better the lot of their people.