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The rural poor are more at home with traditional forms of authority, such as village chiefs, than with the bureaucratic paraphernalia of a modern state.
Finally, the event illustrated the convening power of culture and traditional authority in national development.
The local authority has previously warned of a decline in some traditional building skills in the region.
The Fisherman's Ring bestowed upon him as an emblem of his authority was gold-plated silver, rather than the traditional solid gold.
When Britain, the colonial power, left Nigeria, it handed authority not to traditional rulers, who were viewed as having some legitimacy, but to doctors, lawyers and the horde of literate hustlers who did well in the British bureaucracy and the British army and now make up Nigeria's ruling class.
For example, in a traditional schools procurement an "input" approach is taken - the authority would specify the number and size of classrooms, the size of the dining area and games hall.
Long-time observers see the Bonn meeting as a last chance to create a central authority that gives the country coherence without repression and modernises without trampling traditional ways of life.
Local authority officials said the integrity of such sites could be harmed if non-traditional materials and techniques were used.
"It's traditional to have signs welcoming road users when they come through the boundary of a local authority, " he said.
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