ProfShymex:


I dunno, but I think we as Yorubas are just too blessed and too talented to allow a country like Nigeria hold us down.

That's basically why I'm not a fan of Nigeria. Every time I just think about how great a Yoruba country would be, and then look at Nigeria - I just shake my head in disgust, really.

CabbieAC:




I've been screaming this since God knows when but whenever we say it, "One Nigeria" evangelists will say we're being divisive.I wonder why a population of 35 million is not a Country on its own,I'm ttired mehn

9jacrip:



Maybe Yoruba race is blessed and too talented but the fact remains Nigeria is holding us down seriously.

Politically.

Economically.

Culturally.

Socially.

Academically.

Scientifically.

The list goes on.

Our political leaders and our enlightened youths have let the politics chew into their mind so much so that mentioning Yoruba interest is an irritant to them. All they are interested in and what they do is how the party (that has no ideology whatsoever) they subscribe to is going to take all no matter where the end product goes to, even if it ends up in the hands of those they dwarf intellectually.

My grouse is majority of us are putting Nigeria's interest before Yoruba interest.

CabbieAC:


The emboldened is the truest statement since man ever stepped foot on earth.Back then during the days of the western region, everyone was playing catch up,we were unstoppable.Today whenever statistics are being revealed, we have to check whether flat.heads are above us or not.What we have today is competition with flat.heads. Its like a competition between two poor people but one is contented as long as the other poor man is not wealthier than him

WIZGUY69:
I want to ask : is there anything like SW Gov. Forum?
I googled it, but wasn't impressed with the result.

MayorofLagos:


We dont need to have parallels. DAWN is a great initiative and a forum for cooperation and alingment in the commonwealth. Before we start new things how about getting updates on what we already had going and ask "where are we on DAWN"?

DAWN is probably the best thing to happen to the south-west since Jakande. Immediately i saw their agenda and their blue-print, I fell in love with them.Some people have even accused me of working for them. Hi tpiah11

9jacrip:

Maybe Yoruba race is blessed and too talented but the fact remains Nigeria is holding us down seriously.

Politically.

Economically.

Culturally.

Socially.

Academically.

Scientifically.

The list goes on.

Our political leaders and our enlightened youths have let the politics chew into their mind so much so that mentioning Yoruba interest is an irritant to them. All they are interested in and what they do is how the party (that has no ideology whatsoever) they subscribe to is going to take all no matter where the end product goes to, even if it ends up in the hands of those they dwarf intellectually.

My grouse is majority of us are putting Nigeria's interest before Yoruba interest.

SirShymexx:
I'm kicking off today with my favourite artist right now - the amazingly talented Kehinde Wiley.

9jacrip:



Maybe Yoruba race is blessed and too talented but the fact remains Nigeria is holding us down seriously.

Politically.

Economically.

Culturally.

Socially.

Academically.

Scientifically.

The list goes on.

Our political leaders and our enlightened youths have let the politics chew into their mind so much so that mentioning Yoruba interest is an irritant to them. All they are interested in and what they do is how the party (that has no ideology whatsoever) they subscribe to is going to take all no matter where the end product goes to, even if it ends up in the hands of those they dwarf intellectually.

My grouse is majority of us are putting Nigeria's interest before Yoruba interest.

hinohsend:
Xactly,dats y it always hurts me wen i c yorubas opose biafra,if we cant help them achieve it, we should leave them alone.Reply their insults but dnt opose dia nation.

MayorofLagos:



Our leaders recognize this. It is not that we don't have the will but the problem is a gap in our total appreciation and understanding of the dynamics in the other regions we co-share with.

The East was out of our sphere of knowledge and understanding until just now with widespread use of internet. The North is still shrouded in mystery.

Yoruba had opportunities twice in past to uproot Fulani Emirates from Ilorin all the way to Sokoto and help reinstall Hausa to their ancient Sarkida thrones, all done simply by activating a political agenda initiated in the Middle Belt. Our live and let live attitude stopped the idea.

Look, each time there is a Constitutional Drafting Conference and we participate, we are endorsing Nigeria as an entity.

CabbieAC:



The emboldened is the truest statement since man ever stepped foot on earth.Back then during the days of the western region, everyone was playing catch up,we were unstoppable.Today whenever statistics are being revealed, we have to check whether flat.heads are above us or not.What we have today is competition with flat.heads. Its like a competition between two poor people but one is contented as long as the other poor man is not wealthier than him

9jacrip:


Brilliant analogy there egbon mi.

We are leaving off past glory, western region has fallen apart.

When some of us appreciate Tinubu and give him props for at least wanting to create cohesion even if it is along his party line, you'd hear some opposing party members throwing shades knowing fully well no Yoruba man in recent times has tried to create cohesion amongst all Yoruba states.

ProfShymex:


That's what you get when folks decide to stop thinking and they get carried away with the backwardness around them. That's why I support Biafra...at least if Biafrans can take the lead, these lost Yoruba souls won't have any other choice than to start thinking about Yoruba country cos I doubt they want to live in the same country as those up North alone.

I just think folks care about the oil stipends than actually having a foresight into what nation building is. The oil stipend is more of a curse cos the thing it creates is basically corruption and the gift that comes with it is negligible. It is just basically like pouring water into a basket, really. And we all know that no matter how much water you pour into a basket - it will never retain anything.

When building a nation - the paramount thing is: common interest to achieving a common goal. And Nigeria lacks that cos the folks are just different mentally, socially, culturally, linguistically etc.. Then you have got the religious differences as well. So matter how you slice, dice, and stress it - the folks will never converge in the same space cos their destinies are different. But they will surely get along if they were to exist in different spaces.

9jacrip:


The emboldened makes a lot of sense.
Many Yoruba think they have a good relationship with the Hausa or that Yoruba and Hausa share a good level of understanding when it comes to the scheme of how Nigeria goes. To me, the fact is, Igbo people given their non-cordial relationship with the North are the reason the Hausa can look to Yoruba for connivance against the Igbo. Once they're able to exit, you'll see things go down the drain fast with the Yoruba Hausa lovers.

The second emboldened is becoming replicated in the Swest. Yoruba, even from the same states picking different destinies and different goals rather than have a common one.

The Lagos State Government (LASG) has identified the provision of POWER as a key area to be addressed if it intends to sustain its growing mega city status. As such, the Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) administration through its 10 point development agenda has identified the development of an energy security strategy that supports the state’s economic development program.
LASG will establish the 'Lagos Energy Academy' in 2014 which will provide comprehensive technical training for young people in the power, public lighting and energy development. The training school will be located at the LSEB premises and the project objectives are as follows:



Project Objectives

To establish the Lagos Energy Academy and lighting assembly facility in Lagos to provide industry standard training for young citizens.

To establish, long term production and training partnership between EKO project, Lagos State Electricity Board and industry leaders to provide Industrial training for the technical college students and produce employable graduates.

To deliver medium and long term social and economic benefits to citizens and society in the state by improving local content inputs, building local capacity, improving energy efficiency and creating new jobs.

CabbieAC:




While i will give tinubu credit for trying to create cohesion among all Yorubas along party lines, I will also blame him for being part of the reasons we're here today.He hasn't shown any sign or interest as regards the matter of Yoruba sovereignty. If he had enough zeal for the course of true federalism in Nigeria and the development of the Yoruba nation, then we won't be where we are today.He's more concerned about national agenda rather than the Yoruba agenda,this is not what Awo preached

zimoni:
Yes, Hausas don't really love us. They only align themselves with us in order to checkmate Igbos.

I support Igbo's quest for a new nation 100%.

Genuine love is not there, we are only faking it.

Different people with different culture and philosophy lumped together forcefully in a nation called Nigeriya.

I've stopped attending Padre Hour at work since PA to our MD bashed Yoruba's, the azzhole didn't know I was listening. That very week, the Preacher(our MD) asked us to face eachother and pray for ourselves and the azzholes was beside me. I sha pray anyhow and left for my office after the service. I realized my prayer would not be answered because I'm not happy worshipping with some azzholes. I've stopped attending since then. The azzholes is from Plateau State. He speaks his dialect, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba fluently.

Nigeria is fake. That is the truth.

9jacrip:


Thank you, you just spoke my thoughts about Tinubu all this time.

And hasn't he lost out on the national agenda? He appears to have been shortchanged badly and if Buhari decides to contest again in 2019, Tinubu may becomes useless in the APC scheme of things. See how Buhari has surrounded himself with his Northern brothers hiding under 'they are the people he can trust and they're capable'. I guess he didn't think this when he was struggling to win elections till he came west.

There's a but:

If Tinubu attempted to pursue a Yoruba agenda, the Yoruba in PDP and other parties and even Afenifere would have attempted to malign the course even if genuine. This is why I'm saying we need a 'Yoruba cohesion beyond party lines'.