National dialogue: Tinubu is
on his own – Middle Belt
Youth Forum on october 31, 2013 at 7:07 pm
in politics The spokesman of the Middle
Belt Youth Forum, Elder Sunday
Oibe in an interview responds
to issues arising from diverse
reactions to the recent
proposal for a national conference by President
Goodluck Jonathan. Excerpts: Do you think the proposed
national conference could
address the problems of the
nation? I will say, first and foremost,
the president’s proposal is the
best thing that has happened
to this country since 53 years of
its independence. No doubt,
there had been several attempts in the past to get the
people to talk, some of them,
during military regimes, but
this appears to the most
appealing. Ex-President
Olusegun Obasanjo initiated a Constitutional Conference
which was ignominiously
rested by informed persons
who saw the exercise as an
agenda for a third term agenda
of the then president. *Bola Tinubu Since the June 12, 1993
annulled elections, Nigerians,
especially the South West have
been campaigning for a
sovereign national conference
as a result of perceived imbalances and inequalities in
every aspect of the nation. It is
therefore very expedient that
the national conference is
supported by every Nigerian so
that we as a nation can give effect to the Constitution of
the country. It is important for every
segment of the country to sit at
a round table to find reason to
begin a journey toward
recreation of a complex nation
and negotiate our way out of the wedge of differences and
suppressed frustrations and
build a nation where everyone
can feel equal. The Constitution
of the country must be
respected by all and we all must uphold its spirit. So, the
dialogue is timely, expedient
and very welcome. Are you reflecting the mood of
the Middle Belt Youth Forum or
this your personal opinion? This is the general position of
the Middle Belt as a whole
because if you recal, the region
had always been the bridging
force that had ensured the
unity of the country thus far. The youth wing of the Middle
Belt Forum had openly
commended President
Jonathan for his courage to
yield to the yearnings of the
Nigerian people for a national dialogue by constituting an
advisory committee to fashion
a framework that will guide
the proceedings of the
discussions. The convener of the Save
Nigeria Group (SNG), Pastor
Tunde Bakare, has welcomed
the proposed national
conference, but the national
leader of All Progressives Congress, APC Senator Bola
Tinubu has criticized it as
deceptive and diversionary…. (Cuts in) When I first read the
newspaper reports, my initial
reaction was to laugh. I
laughed because I want to
believe that Tinubu was
misquoted by the media. The Yoruba nation has been at
the forefront of agitation for a
sovereign national conference
but here is Asiwaju Tinubu
criticizing a proposal that the
whole world has praised President Jonathan for. Tinubu
owes this nation an
explanation as to why he is
opposed to national dialogue.
Because, Nigeria is faced with
several challenges and Nigerians feel this is the best
thing that has happened to the
nation. Tinubu, at one point,
recommended amnesty for
Boko Haram, so why is he
opposed to national dialogue now? Even Pastor Bakare, an avid
critic of President Jonathan,
has endorsed the planned
conference, stating that we
must all reason together when
we have the chance to talk; noting that we must walk the
talk. There are countless Nigerians
in different parts of the country
who are agitated about one
thing or the other. I ran into a
crowd of Yoruba Muslims in a
shopping mall in Kaduna where they described the proposed
conference as an opportunity
to ask certain salient questions
about their own faith. They were discussing among
themselves why the presidency
of the Nigerian Supreme
Council of Islamic Affairs,
NSCIA, should permanently be
stationed in the Caliphate; why is it that a Yoruba Muslim
cannot become the chief imam
of the National Mosque in
Abuja. They agreed that these
are certain areas that the
national conference must address.
www.vanguardngr.com

WHAT A RUSH

One of the key blocks has spoken!

why is it that a Yoruba
Muslim
cannot become the chief imam
of the National Mosque in
Abuja. They agreed that these
are certain areas that the
national conference must address

WHAT A RUSH INDEED

The North will be hit on all sides if this conference ever holds

Since when has "middle belt youth forum" become "middle belt"

omenka: Since when has "middle belt youth forum" become "middle belt"

My thoughts also.
And when did the youths in the middle belt became cooperative??
How many representing how many states??


This national confab thing just makes me sick to my stomach. Why were those in the house of rep and house of senate elected??

omenka: Since when has "middle belt youth forum" become "middle belt"

You read the thread to have the understanding. Yes/No

k, i dn hear.

When the time comes for the conference tinubu will be like fish out of the water, he will look left no help or saviour, look right non, look front& back nothing, then he will drink rat poison like?......

More like the "lower belt".