The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has said President Jonathan’s attempt to woo Yoruba nation for the support of his re-election is already too late in the day.

The group, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Kunle Famoriyo, described the “Yoruba Progress Summit” which held last Friday as an afterthought and a futile effort to sneak the President into Yoruba land through the backdoor.

“For the past five years under his administration, Yoruba people have been deliberately marginalized and skewed out of national reckoning, especially in terms of key appointments and opportunity to partake in key sectors of the economy,” the statement said.
“We are surprised that President Jonathan believes the position of the Speaker, over which he has no control, is enough to atone for the deliberate marginalization in key appointments, over which he has control.”
“In any case, we do not need a ‘Progress Summit’ in Yoruba land. We already have a progressive culture based on democratic and egalitarian values. What Yoruba nation needs is how to be delivered from the retrogressive forces imposed on us by the Nigerian state. The Yoruba nation was well ahead in terms of development until the forced union called Nigeria began to steal our institutions from us. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), being one of the stolen institutions, is good only to address the need to restructure Nigeria, not for an effort to sustain the status quo”

The group said nothing will please Yoruba nation other than a return to regional government through maximum devolution of powers and a return to parliamentary democracy because “we reckon this is the best form of public governance that gives us the opportunity to develop at our own pace and contribute our quota to Nigeria’s development.”

According to the group, everything that happened at summit is a fool’s paradise as already proven by the students of OAU.

“Those Yoruba persons parading themselves as leaders of Yoruba people know that leadership in Yoruba land resides in treasured virtues of Omoluabi and Afenifere philosophy, not necessarily in persons. Yoruba people know their leaders.”

“We dare say that more than any so called leader at that event, those students, who braved all the odds to tell Mr. President the truth, are the true leaders, irrespective of their ethnic origin.”

“ARG therefore salutes the courage of those students who spoke truth in face of oppression and we enjoin every Nigerian to replicate their courageous act.”

We are surprised that President Jonathan believes the position of the Speaker, over which he has no control...

Obiagelli:
Interesting, waiting for yinka odumakin to come and defend his his confab money.

johnmartus:
bro we yoruba people do not recongnize odumakin and olufalaye as our leader so let them come out and spweing rubbish

mikeansy:
Fill in the blank spaces and list which zone occupies the current position?

The President's chief of staff is from? . . . . . . .

Chief of Air staff?

chief of Naval staff?

Minister of Agriculture?

Minister of State for FCT?

Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment? (_{my dream job})

Minister of State for Works?

Minister of Police Affairs?

Minister of Communication Technology?

If you check properly may be the AGF may even be from the Yoruba speaking part of Kogi.

Jonathan has been fair to all regions and yes I am equally surprised that Jonathan is suggesting he could influenced who the speaker should be but the South West cut off their own nose to spite their faces by backing Tambuwal instead of Mulikat Abiola.

The Yoruba nation was well ahead in terms of development until the forced union called Nigeria began to steal our institutions from us. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), being one of the stolen institutions, is good only to address the need to restructure Nigeria, not for an effort to sustain the status quo

aresa:
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Rubbish list.. You forgot to add his worthless liars and mouthpiece aka okugbe and apoda...

aresa:
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Rubbish list.. You forgot to add his worthless liars and mouthpiece aka okugbe and apoda...

mikeansy:
Fill in the blank spaces and list which zone occupies the current position?

The President's chief of staff is from? . . . . . . .

Chief of Air staff?

chief of Naval staff?

Minister of Agriculture?

Minister of State for FCT?

Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment? (_{my dream job})

Minister of State for Works?

Minister of Police Affairs?

Minister of Communication Technology?

If you check properly may be the AGF may even be from the Yoruba speaking part of Kogi.

Jonathan has been fair to all regions and yes I am equally surprised that Jonathan is suggesting he could influenced who the speaker should be but the South West cut off their own nose to spite their faces by backing Tambuwal instead of Mulikat Abiola.

mikeansy:
Fill in the blank spaces and list which zone occupies the current position?

The President's chief of staff is from? . . . . . . .

Chief of Air staff?

chief of Naval staff?

Minister of Agriculture?

Minister of State for FCT?

Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment? (_{my dream job})

Minister of State for Works?

Minister of Police Affairs?

Minister of Communication Technology?

If you check properly may be the AGF may even be from the Yoruba speaking part of Kogi.

Jonathan has been fair to all regions and yes I am equally surprised that Jonathan is suggesting he could influenced who the speaker should be but the South West cut off their own nose to spite their faces by backing Tambuwal instead of Mulikat Abiola.

soroptimist:


It seems you and all Jonathanians bootlickers are not getting it?

Are you too juvenile to know that SWners are not so much as too concerned about positions but PERFORMANCE!!!

Who were the staunchest critics of OBJ despite his being a 'shon of of the shoil'? Yorubas!!!!

So if GEJ likes let him even give all the positions available to the Yorubas...........we are too sophisticated,educated,clear-thinking and of sound decision-making mind to sift through putting our ethnic personalities in positions and them performing

So of all the indices of rating a President's performance in Nigeria and even in the SW..........The clueless one failed resoundingly

Most particularly about issues of corruption!!!!

Yorubas have been taught to imbibe the omoluabi ethos hence are known to frown very vehemently against anyone who supports or connives with corrupt people, [b]an act which GEJ currently has an Olympic Gold Medal in by shielding and protecting criminals and looters!!!![/b]



Hence if GEJ likes let him even put my Father in a position as a Yoruba man........in as much as the common and greater good of all is not served,the Yorubas will still rubbish you

We dont believe in blind sycophancy because you made my town man a Minister or Speaker......infact that town-man would be in trouble from the day he is so named if he is seen not to perform

That is why a government that props up a Fayose,a Bode George as the face of the Yorubas in his administration is bound to be booed

wwwkaycom:
To GEJ, Touts like Ayo Fayose, ex-convict Bode George and individuals like Jimoh Ibrahim has become Yoruba leaders all of a sudden, what an insult to the Yorubas as a people!

mikeansy:
Fill in the blank spaces and list which zone occupies the current position?

The President's chief of staff is from? . . . . . . .

Chief of Air staff?

chief of Naval staff?

Minister of Agriculture?

Minister of State for FCT?

Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment? (_{my dream job})

Minister of State for Works?

Minister of Police Affairs?

Minister of Communication Technology?

If you check properly may be the AGF may even be from the Yoruba speaking part of Kogi.

Jonathan has been fair to all regions and yes I am equally surprised that Jonathan is suggesting he could influenced who the speaker should be but the South West cut off their own nose to spite their faces by backing Tambuwal instead of Mulikat Abiola.

tit:
All Yorubas bow for the certified drug-addict, and drug money syndicate launderer: Mogaji Bola Tinubu!

We is loyal sir!
We shall follow jagaban to hell and back!

tit:
All Yorubas bow for the certified drug-addict, and drug money syndicate launderer: Mogaji Bola Tinubu!

We is loyal sir!
We shall follow jagaban to hell and back!

Olaolufred:


[size=14pt] IT IS NOT ACTUALLY THE ISSUE OF JAGABAN OR NOT.
EBELLE IS POLITICALLY IMMATURED.
VOTED MASSIVELY BY YORUBAS INCLUDING MYSELF.GIVEN 4 YEARS TO PERFORM.
YORUBA DETESTS INJUSTICE.
THAT IS WHY SAVE NIGERIA GROUP AND SAHARA REPORTERS WERE ALL AT THE FOREFRONT OF HOW EBELLE WAS DELIVERED FROM TURAI AND ANDOAKAA ( YARADUA KITCHEN CABINET).
WHY WOULD THOSE WHO SPEARHEADED YOUR ASCENSION TO PRESIDENCY TURN AGAINST YOU?.
GOODLUCK COULD NOT PURNISH ANY OF THE FUEL SUBSIDY THIEVES, BUT CAN PURNISH NIGERIANS.
GOODLUCK COULD NOT PURNISH ANYONE FOR THE 12BILLION DOLLARS OKONJO CONFIRMED UNREMITTED TO THE FEDERATION ACCOUNT.
INSTEAD HE IS DEFENDING STEALING VS CORRUPTION.
IT IS NOT A SIN TO GET HIM THE JOB OF PRESIDENT VIA OUR VOTES. WE CAN NOT DO THE JOB FOR HIM. [/size]