{"id":166146,"date":"2025-06-08T22:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T21:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative"},"modified":"2025-06-09T00:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:39:37","slug":"ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative","title":{"rendered":"Ooni of Ife Supports Tinubu&#8217;s Forest Guards Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Sunday, backed President Bola Tinubu decision on the proposed forest guard security structure.<\/p>\n<p>He gave the thumps up, when he paid a courtesy visit to the President in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists after the closed-door meeting, the foremost Yoruba monarch said his visit was primarily to mark the Sallah break with the President and to personally debrief him following his recent trip to Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to greet Mr President for the Salah break and also to appreciate all the great things he\u2019s doing for our dear country,\u201d the Ooni stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to a country called Kazakhstan and came back with feedback. The good things he\u2019s doing are opening Nigeria up to so many nations that now want to work with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oba Ogunwusi highlighted how Nigeria\u2019s international standing is improving under Tinubu\u2019s leadership, especially in terms of foreign investment and macroeconomic policy stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn history, there is no arbitrage again. You bring dollars to Nigeria to do business, and you take it out, no dual exchange between the central bank and the parallel market. The world is watching us as a nation, and we don\u2019t need to leave everything to the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch also emphasized the evolving and increasingly important role of traditional rulers towards nation-building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe traditional rulers should lead by example, work in tandem with the government, and give hope to our youth. This is another testimony of hope for Nigerian youth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On security, Oba Ogunwusi expressed optimism about the Tinubu administration\u2019s efforts, praising the proposed restructuring of the Forest Guard system as a critical step toward lasting peace and investor confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch hailed Tinubu\u2019s push for economic reforms and grassroots security reinforcement amid ongoing national challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very happy with the Forest Guard structure and the new platform to bring in more police force to continue to comb the entire forest, both in the north and in the south,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce security is addressed, there will be a solid platform for investment to flow into Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ooni reaffirmed his support for Tinubu\u2019s leadership, calling him \u201ca bold president committed to a better Nigeria,\u201d and urged all Nigerians to adopt a more optimistic outlook: \u201cIt\u2019s about time for all of us in Nigeria to come together and look at Nigeria as a cup half full, not half empty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Sunday, backed President Bola Tinubu decision on the proposed forest guard security structure. He gave the thumps up, when he paid a courtesy visit to the President in Lagos. Speaking with journalists after the closed-door meeting, the foremost Yoruba monarch said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":166145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[363,254,2695,945],"class_list":["post-166146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-insecurity","tag-nigeria","tag-ooni-of-ife","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ooni of Ife Supports Tinubu&#039;s Forest Guards Initiative - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Sunday, backed President Bola Tinubu decision on the proposed ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ooni of Ife Supports Tinubu&#039;s Forest Guards Initiative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Sunday, backed President Bola Tinubu decision on the proposed ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-08T21:29:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-08T23:39:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749413433.323502.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1026\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"684\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ooni of Ife Supports Tinubu&#8217;s Forest Guards Initiative\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-08T21:29:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-08T23:39:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative\"},\"wordCount\":433,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749413433.323502.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"insecurity\",\"Nigeria\",\"ooni of ife\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-supports-tinubus-forest-guards-initiative\",\"name\":\"Ooni of Ife Supports Tinubu's Forest Guards Initiative - 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