The Pan-Yoruba socio- political
organisation, Afenifere, has said
that the success of the National
Conference will make President
Goodluck Jonathan the hero of
modern Nigeria.
In an interview with National
Mirror, the National Publicity
Secretary of Afenifere, Mr. Yinka
Odumakin, said: “The setting up
of the Advisory Committee on
national confab by the president
is a statesman move that will
make him the hero of modern
Nigeria if it is done with all
sincerity. Nigeria is falling apart
before our very eyes and there
must be a soft-landing. Only a
conference can bring that about.
“The core issues for the
conference is for Nigerians to
decide if they want to live
together and define the terms
since the answer to the first
question would most likely be yes.
The federalists and the unitarists
would then slug out ideas and the
country can make a decision.”
Also, Afenifere Renewal Group,
ARG, lauded Jonathan, saying it
is a welcome development.
The group in a press release
signed by its Publicity Secretary,
Mr. Kunle Famoriyo, said since it
has been asking unwaveringly for
a Sovereign National Conference,
it “would cooperate with and
support the Advisory Council set
up by President Jonathan, where
necessary.”
The group said: “ARG also
believes that the committee’s
chairman, Senator Femi
Okunrounmu, who has spent a
significant part of his life in the
struggle for democracy and true
federalism, will work to produce a
guideline that we can all be
proud of, provided the
government has not dictated a
“No Go Area” to the committee.
“We, however, urge President
Jonathan to ensure this latest
move comes from a pure motive of
ending the country’s many
problems. We recall many
conferences had been constituted
in the past that never yielded any
dividend for the people of
Nigeria.”

payless: Afeniferere my foot! They are falling into retardeen's trap of no return. Jonathan is using these spent forces to divide Yorubas but the id1ots are more interested to go to villa or be mentioned in the news media than think right. This is not about SNC. It is about dividing SW votes. Everything back to square one after the election if Jonathan is lucky enough to get re-elected. Obasanjo did the same thing to infilterate A.D.

payless: Afeniferere my foot! They are falling into retardeen's trap of no return. Jonathan is using these spent forces to divide Yorubas but the id1ots are more interested to go to villa or be mentioned in the news media than think right. This is not about SNC. It is about dividing SW votes. Everything back to square one after the election if Jonathan is lucky enough to get re-elected. Obasanjo did the same thing to infilterate A.D.

Chima_Adeoye: Yes to national conference!

Hell NO to SNC!

Nigeria must stay united at ALL COSTS!

Chima_Adeoye: Yes to national conference!

Hell NO to SNC!

Nigeria must stay united at all costs!

Danhumprey: If you really support the idea of convening a Sovereign National Conference and you think it's a good idea,like this post.

drmichael17: Jonathan obviously has misplaced his priorities...we dont need a conference this is not what Nigeria needs at this crucial stage in our history.I was expecting Jonathan to make sense in his independence day broadcast but obviously it is easier to search for a pin at the bottom of an ocean than to expect Jonathan to make sense.

iykak47: So having a national conference means dividing the South West? Are you forbidden from using your brain?

Guy, Nigeria does not begin and end in South West.

okpara ugo:

At the cost of your life. Okay.