The Ekiti State Government has granted the request of Aramoko-Ekiti community in Ekiti West Local Government to begin the process of installing a female regent to temporarily fill the vacant Alara stool.
The Deputy Governor, Mrs Monisade Afuye, announced this on Friday in Aramoko-Ekiti while interacting with stakeholders over the installation of female regent, which deviates from the longstanding practice.
Afuye said that the approval was based on the letter to the government by the deceased traditional ruler, Oba Adeyemi and other stakeholders on April 23, 2015.
“This new Alara Chieftaincy Declarations was done to avert crisis in the town. Not even your governor can change your declarations. Only a substantive traditional ruler and stakeholders can change it.
“With what we have read out to all of you in the new chieftaincy declarations, you can now install a female child of the immediate past traditional ruler as the regent to serve for a period of three to six months as the first option.
“If you can’t get this, you can pick from his ruling house.
“I learnt the last male occupant installed into the position nearly divided the town and that accounted for why you agreed that a female regent will be the first option
“The letter to the government was duly signed by all the required parties.
“Now that you have all agreed to this new order, because nothing lasts forever, the government will soon announce the name of your preferred candidate as the female regent when you forward to us
