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FreeGlobe:
I greet my yoruba neighbors. Good this thread has progressed although I've not yet followed events here. Whats the latest on fulani attacks in yorubaland? I hear they are now in Ogun. I guess this is the best thread to discuss this issue, ilekegd, superstar1. Follow my hashtag.

#Fulaniwatchinyorubaland


Ma binu

Baba lo ma pa e!

They are declared wanted because they have committed heinous acts against humanity and all these people were caught with weapons, while some of them carried out gory activities too unpleasant to mention.

...thats description of fulani.

9jacrip:
Awon eniyan mi, Eku ojo isegun yi o.

Isegun a je ti gbogbo wa ni agbara Olodumare.

Since this is a Yoruba thread, I believe it is only right that we sprinkle a bit of Yoruba religion on the thread here and there. So, as previously agreed upon by the Moderator in person of alagba Aareonakakanfo, I will upload an 'Iyere Ifa' by Araba of Osogbo, Baba Elebuibon for listening pleasure but most importantly to be learnt and recited as prayers in the mornings (or anytime).

Here goes the first one after battling with compression.

Egbon Shym3x, I'm still with you on the Jalumi war, I'm converting a text to word document so I can just copy and paste and we can all discuss it.

Ase Adura o!
Mo ki gbogbo ku iroju...Edumare ko si lekun eroo!

Good day my people! It's nice to return and see wonderful inputs and contributions covering diverse grounds and aspects of progress in substance and ideals. Many thanks to the regulars and as well the seasonals, like myself.

Shizzy,
Your input is well received. We have a anthem in Yorubaland, it has featured here two or more times already -

Mu'ra si ise Ore mi
Ise la fin'di eni giga...

I'd like to step out of popular interpretation and give it a broad meaning but before that I invite opinion on what "giga" means in the context used here.

On deeper thought, when we arrive at this position of one who attained "giga", then what?

Are there different realms of "giga", and if so...then imura si ise is a continuum for the span of life.

If we contemplate on this, it is not difficult to see that "mura si ise" would connote unique applications under different circumstances.

A school student is encouraged to study dilligently, the reward is becoming an elite in society.

One who is already an elite is addressed by this anthem also....and is admonished to deliver on his duty responsibly, the reward is greater ascent.

It is wise to view the spirit of this anthem in broad interpretation and recognize that is not only for the student aspiring to become famous, it is also for the politician desiring to win our support and followership.

As Premier of Western Nigeria, Baba Awolowo mura si ise...that's why even in death his memory remains aloft, he continues to be eni giga!

Shymm3x:
@quimicababes

Nice insightful post. I did pick up a few things about the nuances between communism and socialism. Thanks for enlightening a brother.

Capitalism vs Socialism vs Communism with emphasis on laissez faire capitalist system which is what's still practised in all African countries today and the agenda of Bretton Woods in further impoverishing people of colour. The bane of Africa. And Awolowo did give the enigma Karl Marx his props, despite not being a Marxist. I like that.

Awolowo was definitely an enigma and an astute administrator, far ahead of his time. People like him come once in a lifetime. Russia had Vladmir Lenin and now Vladmir Putin. China had Mao. America had George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The UK had Clement Atlee and Winston Churchill (Tony Blair should've been on this list, but he self-destruct with Iraq war). And Yoruba had the enigmatic Awolowo. Hopefully, the old heads on here will educate us about all those who were part of his team cos without a solid/loyal team - there's only so much a leader can achieve. I definitely need to pay a visit to where he was buried when next I hit naij - just to pay my homage to man. And I hope he'll see that wherever he's in afterlife.

That said, I honestly don't think Socialism can work effectively in today's world - due to the dynamics of things and the capitalist tendencies in most of us. Perhaps, due to the generational western influence on our lives and how the world has changes. A mixed economy would be more suitable in the current clime. With the state owning/maintaining certain assets and regulation - while the private sector runs the business side of things. The state must provide free quality education, which is the right of every child, from at least nursery to secondary school level - and also provide free quality healthcare service for all, regardless of status in the society. Furthermore, the most vulnerable in the society, especially minors and senior citizens, should also be the responsibility of the state.

Yes, these collections, popularly known as Awolowo's doctrines were the framework Baba had used to administer Western Nigeria. Behind its success he declared that the British Administrators of the Colonial Government were inferior and incompetent.

Social orders are always a mixed pair - socialist/capitalist; socialist/communist; capitalist/communist...

Society swings left or right of the mix depending on the ruling party or government's ideology, being liberal or conservative.

Aare,
If you are not already doing so, I will suggest you try using a text editor to first compose and save record before posting.

Whathaveidone:
Hmmmn leba pe meta ni yen ooo.Eleko it seems everyone has co-signed it.I'm waiting for your approval


@mayoroflagos eyin la n durode ooo

Awe, duro ke?
Hit the modify button abeg.

Whathaveidone:
kwara state is not part of the south-west for now but i have a question for you


Are you the one on your profile?

Yoruba is majority in Kwara State. Yoruba is spoken all over the land, even by the minorities - Borgu and Nupe. On the southern bank of River Niger at Jebba the throne and stool of the town is an Oba.

When we continously project and remind everyone that Yoruba is synonymous with SW we are in effect saying Kwara is not one of our States. If Kwara was on the eastern side instead of North, the way we exclude them politicaly...Ibo would already have occupied, changed the language and gained at as their land.

If this thread is seriously pushing Yoruba interest then all lands of Yoruba must be included. On the other hand, if this is just about SW, then remove Yoruba from title. SW is by default a Yorubaland.

Lets not be lazy about titles and labels. Welive in a fast and transparent world.....if we ourselves do not see Kwara or Yorubas of Kogi as part of us then we cant fight when others refer to them as Hausa territory. Modify the title of this thread and start including statistics in Kogi and Kwara.

CabbieAC:
Eleko is this ashiwajufoward your alternate moniker?

No, no be me

Ileke,
Great pics! Was that the deceased deputy Gov?

CONTEXT

In a 1957 report, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Premier of Western Nigeria, outlined the developing role of film within the region. ‘We have carried enlightenment and entertainment to remote areas through the Government Free Cinema Scheme’ he began. ‘Last year, there were 40 cinema vans and six cinema barges. We now have our own Film Production Unit, and one of its outstanding achievements is the 85-minute film in colour, which covers all aspects of our self-government celebrations and visit of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal’ (Lagos Guardian, 29 August 2001). The annual report of the Western Region Government, in discussing the widespread celebrations and the tour of Princess Royal, also noted in 1957 that ‘a colour film of the occasion was made by the Department of Information Services’ (Western Region, 1957, 27).

The Information Services of Western Nigeria film production unit only came into operation in 1957. Born out of the Nigerian Film Unit – which itself had emerged from the Colonial Film Unit – its primary objective was to produce documentary films ‘for the purpose of publicising the activities of the region’. In addition, it sought to keep people ‘inside and outside the region fully informed of the developmental activities being carried on’ (Government of Western Nigeria, 1961, 14). By 1960, the unit had produced ‘67 newsreels of 10 to 20 minutes duration [and] at least one dozen documentary films’. A government report listed amongst these documentaries ‘Self Government Celebrations in Western Nigeria’ – seemingly an alternative title to this film – and ‘The Last Step to Independence’ (Government of Western Nigeria, 1961, 14). A Federal Report, in noting the work of the Federal Film Unit in 1957, explained that amongst the 13 documentaries released during the year was Tour of H.R.H., the Princess Royal, Another Step Forward (the Constitutional Conference) and Nigeria Hails Her Prime Minister (Colonial Office, 1957, 144). Indeed, while the Units produced a number of health films and others on social welfare and development, there was a noticeable emphasis on ceremonial and political events within their output.

Western and Eastern Nigeria were both awarded self-government in 1957, while the Northern region would follow in 1959. The communal, racial and political rivalries, most clearly manifested in the Kano riots of 1953, had led to increased decentralisation and in 1954 Nigeria received its third constitution in seven years (Brendon, 2007, 534). The British looked to exploit this splintering, most notably between prominent nationalists such as Nnamdi Azikiwe (Zik) and Obafemi Awolowo. Awolowo, who had founded the Action Group to promote Yoruba interests, was a vocal opponent of colonial rule, arguing that British administration had been ‘carried out by incompetent, inferior officials’, and that the British never had ‘the true interests of the country at heart’. In 1955, referring to the government of the Western region, he stated that ‘in fourteen months under the present government, we have done more for Nigeria than the British did in 120 years’ (Gunther, 1955, 775).


from colonialfilm.org.

Ilekeh,
I like these banners, very inspiring. I saved copy....

Ilekeh:
Wetin? Oga, please cool down with that. Nitori ni mii fi (f) si oruko mi.

Hahahahaha

"the day Ilekedi step foot in your room, may vitality never fail you"

You think say Aare na gentleman...you go hear wehn!!

itstpia8:
look at this one?

Whatsup tpia? Lol

9jacrip:
Lol.

Why pick me out for s fight? Oro e o ye mi o.

Can you not derail the thread?

Besides, I'm at Yemoja festival right now, ma gba epe o, ase wa lenu ase wa l'owo.

Lmao

I think you asked what to change topic to.

Well, we should sample.opinion from brothers and sisters here on how everybody feel about adopting YORUBA COMMONWEALTH as a rebrand of our political identity.

I personally dont like SW....that was created by a political party and does not fully encompass who we are. A commonwealth fit more with our kinship.

To add to it, Ooni-Elect has stated that our Commonwealth is a prime focus and priority for him, to reawaken Yoruba Consciousness. We should support that imperative. It starts here,

Aareonakakanfo:
Huuh! so you guys didn't do the Yoruba hour today.even those who were complaining about me not mentioning them yesterday.smh! maybe we should just scrap it.I guess i'm trying too hard to push it



@Mayoroflagos,I saw your comment as per the thread title. Even though i feel everything is covered with the title we used,as the eleko of eko ,I wouldn't mind changing it for your sake. what do you suggest we change it to?

Lmao.
How are you doing.today my brother? Please do not scrap anything here....keep it going, you have done amazingly.well and Im very proud of you.

Aye a yo'nu si e, Ilo siwaju a je ti e, Ko ni ree....
ijo ti Ilekedi ba wo ile e, Ajinde ara a je ti e.

L'agbara Babaloke!

Awon abinu eni, ota oni tapiapia wa ba e..
Oni yangi, oni yanga, oni yange, Babaloke a fiwon jina si e.

Omo Ibo ati omo Fulani to ba n pele e ni ibi, t'emi fun ra mi o ba pa...... Babaloke lo ma pa!

hinohsend:
Its already reflective,'YORUBA/SOUTHWEST'.

Who else owns SW if not Yoruba?

CACAWA:
The first picture is rubbish...the vp's wife is meant to be flanked, not fringed. Whoever took the pic is sick

Agreed.

Aare,
I observed that contributions and credits are including Yoruba Commonwealth, and not just SW regional area.
Will it be okay to modify topic to reflect the fact?
Thanks.

Rilwayne001:
Ekaàlè o.

Ekaale o, ekaabo sori ero agbaye

Ritchiee:
We are talking about miscreants who request that you pay money when you want to do foundation of your building,dispose of your septic tank content or whatever etc...this is insane,if I must say.

The technical word is enforcement. These guys are street code enforcers!

If they can terrorize people to part with their money, imagine how useful they can be when trained and properly defined for the job of tax collectors or health inspectors.....or even animal control!

Fulani leaders have embarked on self-registration of herders. This was a requirement demanded by Yoruba leaders. I would expect the Yorubas to raise an enforcement corps to police fulani herders. The enforcers are rated on performance that is subsidised on the income generated from anjmal licence and penalties and fees collected ftom code violation.

No one is a waste....everyone is useful when properly defined and assessed broadly.

Ritchiee:
You are almost on point but I think what you have in mind could adequately be taken care of by the OPC.The area boys syndrome is a very bad taint on the teenagers and also a great threat to the society...

Nothing bad in having a regular corps and a reserve pool.

The thirty-month-long war led to the death of over [size=16pt]six million[/size] ethnic Igbos and other Easterners.”

Each time the story is told it gains few more millions. Weve gone from thousands in 1970 at the end of.war to 1million, 2million, 3million....now we are 6 million. It will be 10million.soon and still growing.

What happened, are the dead biafrans reproducing and multiplying in their graves?

[size=20pt]New Ife City - NIC[/size]



[size=20pt]House of Oduduwa Resources Ltd[/size]


Here is the full text of the acceptance speech of the new Ooni of Ife….

”I have a story to tell the world and most importantly the people of Ile-Ife. About 40 years ago, I was born into the Giesi Ruling House, Ojaja Royal Compound in the ancient city of Ile-Ife.

From birth, my life has been a journey; one that I embarked on, saddled with great conscientiousness when I became a responsible father at the age of 19, which shaped and groomed me for greater challenges ahead.

To cater for my family as a young father, I became very enterprising with the knack of building something out of nothing. This certainly increased my temperament for being successful in all my endeavours, as well as towing the right path as a responsible father.

Thus, in the following years, I was able to build a consortia of companies with a team of well-versed, highly skilled and unskilled professionals from scratch and with hard work and God’s providence. This has made me a huge employer of labour and a captain of industries. The story of Ile-Ife begins as the cradle of civilization and has spread its tentacles beyond Black Africa.

The Ooni stool is highly revered and exalted and as the world looks on; our strength and emphasis need to be injected into the development of Ile-Ife as a beacon of hope and enviable city.
Spiritual home of all Yoruba

Suffices to say that Ile-Ife is the ancestral and spiritual home of all Yorubas, bona fide, in Nigeria and the Diaspora, and the World Headquarters of the House of Oduduwa, which comprises people resident in nearly all the continents of the world.

Thus, the Ooni, as the head of the vast Oduduwa family, must be no less versatile and resourceful. Available evidences from the curatorial community and archaeological discoveries have put the origin of Ile-Ife around 2000 years BC. Around this time, the people of Ile-Ife have distinguished themselves in technology and cultural advancement.

A notable fact in this direction is Ori-Olokun: though purportedly ‘discovered’ by the famous German archaeologist Leo Frobenius in 1910, but had been in existence for thousands of years.
Discovery: The pure-copper sculpture took the entire arts world by storm at the time of its discovery that experts from the West argued that the artefact was a mystery that was too sophisticated to have been created by African hands.

However, after careful examinations of other works, profusely located in and around the city and bearing striking resemblance, the world accepted the truth that the advanced people of Ile-Ife had, not only wielded the technology to turn iron to alloy but also of moulding abstract artworks out of the product.

Consequently, it is now accepted by the curatorial community that the advanced artistic techniques used to create the sculpture were more advanced than those of Renaissance Italy, and comparable to those of [the artist] Donatello.

Yet, Ile-Ife has not taken its rightful position as the ‘source’ of civilization despite her wealth of history, culture and tradition.

Having found ourselves in such state of affairs where the potential of the land remains untapped and its people lacking economic and social emancipation, we should all take it upon ourselves to redress this situation.

Redressing the situation
The Ile-Ife of ‘my dream’ will be strategically positioned to empower its people socially, economically and culturally to bring about the desired developments. Now, with our resolve to transform Ile-Ife we are ‘SET’ to leave no stone unturned, in the drive to put Ile-Ife on the map of the world. Our ultimate goal is to reposition the House of Oduduwa as a worthy example of successful inward-looking community.

At this juncture, I consider it pertinent to share with everyone the account of how Nigeria as a nation came to be. The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company charter by the British government in the nineteenth century. It was formed in 1879 as the United African Company and became the Royal Niger Company in 1886. By 1900 it went through several name changes and in 1914 a merger occurred between the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and the Northern Nigeria Protectorate to become the independent Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1960. It suffices to say our beloved nation developed through a corporation of technocrats and quality mind input. Arguably, this is one of the several ways cities and communities are built; through large corporations.

The ethos of this account goes to prove that any geographic setting can undergo boundless growth through clusters of companies which invariably can lead to the creation of settlements and human capital development.

Consequently, there is a huge possibility for Ile-Ife to experience tremendous growth through industrialization and developmental projects like a company managed by dedicated sons and daughters of Ife and all Ife enthusiasts. I have no doubt, Ife will be great again due to its economic dexterity. Ife has one of the largest land mass in the South-west beaming with natural resources including three out of the four factors of production; ‘land’, ‘labour’ and ‘entrepreneurship’ and with our great resolve we shall work towards ‘capital’ creation.

I am very passionate about my roots with the determination of bringing Ile-Ife to the forefront of economic and social affairs. In my private life, I have for a while been involved in many philanthropic gestures in Ile-Ife and its environs. The progressiveness of the youths of Ile-Ife is at the core of my philosophy and I have been instilling hope to thousands of youths through the various ongoing reciprocity Programmes I established a while ago.

It is within the dictates of our culture that the young shall provide for the old and for this reason our youths need to be nurtured and engaged positively hence they can attain financial independence and in return provide for their parents, families and dependants. This is not to say that the old and elderly will be left out. There will be various empowerment Programmes for the elderly and the widowed to learn new trades and acquire new skills that will help stamp out redundancy and at the same time be financially rewarding to them.

Many might argue that the tasks before me are incredibly monumental and impossible. However, I do not get easily swayed by the idea of impossibilities. In every challenging situation what I see is a speck of possibility which I build on till the task at hand is completed. I have done this time over time and I have defied the rules of men to follow my gut instincts. I have excelled where, people had predicted failure and I derived the most joy where others have said emphatically “it is not possible.”
A recent classic example of turning impossibilities to possibilities took place at ‘Parakin’ in Ile-Ife where I converted a sizeable piece of thick forest land into a beautiful castle within a month. The land hitherto, was a garbage dump and an escape route for men of the underworld in the vicinity which constituted a social menace to the inhabitants of ‘Parakin’.
In recent history one cannot mention Ile-Ife without acknowledging the Ife and Modakeke conflict. It’s unfortunate that lives were lost during the war between Ife and Modakeke; a war that had no economic value and displaced many lives. I paid a courtesy visit to the youths affected by the war and implored them to be proactive. Furthermore I urged them to be on the straight and narrow path and propagated the tenets of hard work as the only way to make it in life.

Touching experiences
In the course of my life I have had many touching experiences. However, my most compelling experience till date involves two young boys namely Demola Adewole and Taye Fayemi. Demola and thousands of others energetic youths visit work sites on a daily basis to solicit for money. I took it upon myself to get to know these young boys and found that all they wanted was to earn a decent living. We got acquainted with Demola and found out he was a welder. Without hesitation, we helped to re-orientate him and got him involved in construction work in ‘Parakin’. Demola Adewole has turned out to be one of the best welders I have been privileged to work with till date.

Another set of energetic youths on one of the days I visited Ife chased after my car, many of them climbed onto the fast moving car and during the tussle to stay latched on to the car, one of them got injured. I got out of the car and addressed all of them and asked why they would want to hurt themselves and with no care in the world, Taye replied “death means nothing to me”; I shed tears, there is no hope for the youths and no one to rebuild their dashed hopes or future.

Taye Fayemi was simply desperate to make a living for himself and today, to the glory of God I personally supervise Taye’s rehabilitation, his personal development and wellbeing.

Destinies: Similar to the story of Demola and Taye, are thousands of youths with different expertise that need our help to find their feet, many whose destinies would have been cut short like the others lost the war. I cannot but emphasize that the development and well being of our youths is paramount to our future and one that is very close to my heart.

This area needs to be properly addressed to ensure our youths are well engaged in various professional and vocational pursuits.

Today, and to the glory of God, I have been energized to rehabilitate and take off the streets several thousands of youths by providing them with gainful employment. Furthermore, we shall set up a foundation that will support post war effects and the rebuilding of war torn Ife and Modakeke.

Thereafter there shall NEVER be war again. I stand firmly for peace and unity between Ife and Modakeke and I guarantee that this peace and unity will transcend into economic and social benefits for everyone.

Similarly, we shall use this stool to unify the entire Yoruba race; there shall be no division, no supremacy or animosity amongst us, we are all from the one and the same source-God Almighty.

Coming to the throne is a clarion call to heed my selfless desire to serve the people of Ile-Ife, the Yoruba race and all of humanity. We will use the stool to provide a lot of opportunities to invest in the youths through mentor-ship and empowerment programs that will further take thousands off the streets on a gradual basis. Youths all over the country will be eligible for the mentor-ship programme and Ife will be the pilot model. We will use the stool to transpose Ile-Ife into the twenty-first century and with the use and influence of social media we are ‘set’ for his transformation. Sons and daughters of Ife and Ife enthusiasts around the world will have an input in the building of the New Ife City, ‘NIC’ through constructive feedback.

‘Socially’, we are ‘set’ to revive and promote Ile-Ife as a tourist destination.
‘Economically’ we are ‘set’ to increase our industrial footprints to give Ife the much desired facelift and ‘Traditionally’ we are ‘set’ to redefine the kingship system by blending modernity into our cultural values and practices and our tradition of thousands of years will stand.

Plans are well under-way to revitalize Ife in the areas of Sports, Mining, Agriculture, Real Estate, Tourism and rapid industrialization. To achieve this transformation, a brand new platform named ‘House Of Oduduwa Resources Limited’ has been established to stimulate the entire economy of Ile-Ife with a positive impact on the entire Yoruba race and our nation as a whole.

‘House Of Oduduwa Resources Limited’ will be tasked with rebuilding Ife into the ‘New Ife city’, NIC.
However, this is a herculean task which can only be achieved with the support of all well-meaning technocrats, sons and daughters of Ile-Ife in Nigeria and in the Diaspora and all lovers of Ife. My fervent desire is to grow ‘House Of Oduduwa Resources Limited’ into one of the biggest corporations out of Africa, likewise uniting all lovers of Ife with the people of Ife.

Earlier this year, I acquainted the youths of Ile-Ife of my plans to replicate the truly Nigerian project, Inagbe Grand Resorts Lagos, Nigeria (almost hundred percent of raw materials used are locally sourced) in Ile-Ife. Inagbe Grand Resorts is the first of its kind and will soon be the most sought after resort destination in all of West Africa. I have developed an incredible master plan for the proposed ‘Ife Grand Resorts’ which will be an off shoot of ‘Inagbe Grand Resorts Lagos’.

The ‘Ife Grand Resort’ project and the ‘NIC’ initiative was conceived to attract young men and women, businesses, corporate organization, investors, holiday makers, lovers of Ife and Ife in Diaspora to a comfortable ambience to stay when they are away from home. This will continually put Ile-Ife, the cradle of black civilization on the map likewise showcasing many artefacts about the Yoruba race, hence creating a steady influx of people into Ile-Ife.

”The time has come for us to embrace our true heritage as the progeny of Oduduwa and the task of modernizing Ile-Ife is yours and mine. I am highly honoured to have been chosen to fill the stool that great men once occupied; history and I will forever remember this day. I use this opportunity to pay tribute to Oba Adesoji Aderemi and Oba Okunade Sijuwade; these monarchs were colossus that redefined the monarchy with touch of diligence, elegance and gravitas that traversed so many cultural boundaries. They were great fathers to me and I will forever miss and honour them.

”I am not coming to the throne to pass judgment on those that have maliciously wronged me. But then, I should think that a bid to be enthroned as the foremost Oba in Yoruba race should be healthy and ordained of God. There is also the Ifa divination that also synthesizes the process, just in case human beings are partial.

”Rather, some people resorted to dangerous attacks, wicked lies, malicious insinuations and vigorous campaign of calumny. Why would I fail to forgive them when all came to nought and the good people and governments of Ife and State of Osun saw through these unfair games and chose me as the prestigious Ooni of Ife.

Therefore, I am coming to set a good example and show the world that I am truly called by God to lead Ile-Ife into a state of tranquillity, conscientiousness and prosperity. It is my fervent prayer that the Lord will continue to guide us all and bestow us with great wisdom to carry out our incumbent tasks.

I use this opportunity to call on all the sons of Ile-Ife that were alongside me in the race for the stool to heed to my call and let’s work harmoniously to align our goals for the sake of posterity and Ile-Ife. Together we shall not lose sight of the values and tradition that have made us the greatest nation of black people on earth. I come before you all today as a man pledging his unwavering commitment to his Kingdom and his people that I cannot do this alone; without you all there is no me “I will serve you all with everything I have”.

Long live Ile-Ife; long live the Yoruba race, long live the House of Oduduwa, and God Bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

https://www.naij.com/620315-full-text-new-ooni-ifes-acceptance-speech-father-age-19.html

Aareonakakanfo:
So which of them has what it takes to meet the benchmarks?

We dont have a yardstick by which to measure, so there is no one that I can suggest. If we are truly up to it, and I already tabled this idea on page 1 or 2 somewhere, that we need to create a point value system to rate our leaders up and down the scale and use that as baseline for nomination into public service.

We are accustomed to looking upto politicians and their evergreen presence as savior for our redemption. We have people outside of politics that are great leaders and capable of leading. Similarly we have people that did not graduate university or even matriculate but have solid dealership skills and competencies.

We need to design a performance value set with criterias for the imperatives of Yoruba vision.

Ilekeh:
LOL area boys are political tools......used when needed, ignored when they're not needed.

They're the boko harams of the west.....finding their sponsor will be hard, ending them will be close to impossible.

There is no need to end them...they serve a purpose, they are a collateral deterrent and have value.

Aareonakakanfo:

On a more serious note, which of this current crop of Yoruba leaders do you think has what it takes to replicate Awo's achievements.

We should not look for replication of his achievements but rather use it as benchmarks.to challenge whoever is stepping into his role.

Ritchiee:
I am mostly having a duel with time but I would surely try my best .
I am suggesting 'solution to area boys and touts in the SW especially Lagos...

They are a component of the total security structure. Dont mess with them.

Aareonakakanfo:
Even though there are numerous challenges facing the south-west, I believe these are the most important ones we need to deal with


Fulani herdsmen attack

Ilegal mining

Rape

Bad roads

Armed robbery

Youth unemployment

Kidnapping


Getting rid of these 7 issues is very important

I would add fetish killings in there my brother.

I read in news yesterday of a man found on our land in posession of a human head. He was arrested and put in jail. In his court appearance the judge granted him bail.

A murderer should never ever ever EVER...be allowed back into society unless he is absolved of the crime during trial.

This is not the first one to be bailed.

The State Executives, Legislators and Judges need to address the issue of ritual killing as a very serious problem and throw the books at these criminals.