Hi George,
There is no current way to enforce an owner or alter a setting to do so. You could suggest this to the Azure AD team through the feedback portal:
https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/forum/22920db1-ad25-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0789
However, from a quick search it looks like similar feedback has been posted so you might want to comment and vote on it:
https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/869607f5-bdc3-ec11-a81b-0022484ee92d
If this is helpful please accept answer.