Honorary Chiefs
The Olota and his council of chiefs may choose to recognize members of the public for exceptional service to the community in some way. Honorary chief titles do not usually carry any authority or responsibility. These titles are non-hereditary and can even be bestowed upon people who are not Nigerian, such as Oloye Michael Hamilton, the Baasalu of Ota, who is British.
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“If you tie a horse to a stake, do you expect he will grow fat? If you pen an Indian up on a small spot of earth, and compel him to stay there, he will not be contented, nor will he grow and prosper. I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They can not tell me.”
—Chief Joseph (c. 1840–1904)