"So far we have about 15 Omus and more are being crowned. The other five I met when I was crowned have all passed on except one. If I had not taken the challenge to promote the institution, may be by now we wouldn't be talking about the institution.

"And the challenges are not far-fetched. Nobody wants to occupy the Omu throne and be abandoned to die of hunger. Nobody pays the Omus; the community does not pay them, the government does not pay them, nobody does.

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