The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has charged the privileged elite in the country to join hands with government at all levels to contribute to the development of communities.
He stated this while addressing the crowd at the palace of the Erinmope Ekiti during the coronation of Obaleo of Erinmope, Oba Sunday Aniyi.
Ooni berated Nigerian elite’s lukewarm posture to charity and issues on development as well as having the erroneous impression that development is solely the responsibility of government.
The monarch said: “This is what I have known for long and observed carefully. Most of the privileged Nigerians don’t like contributing to community development and charity.
“Some people will prefer to hide somewhere and live a low profile life.
” They believe that government should be the one developing everywhere and this has been the reason the development pace was slow and affecting negatively the poor people.
“Once you consider yourself as a blessed person, it is your duty to help drive community development.
“You must also contribute to charity so that the poor people around you can feel your impact” , he said.
