₦airaland Forum

Alexis11:
The reverse is the case..... Just that you people were bred with lies from birth.

90% of those that have stood against the Northern oligarchy in this country were Yorubas. The records are there.

Gaiusjacob:
Tribe of Confusion

PehaKaso:
Let no Biafran comment negatively on this thread because it is a win-win situation for us Biafrans.
The time to foster Southern unity is now.
Regionalism, just as it was practised in the days of General Ojukwu, is the platform that we need to actualise Biafra peacefully.
Fellow Biafrans, congratulations in advance.
The pendulum is gradually swinging to our advantage.
All hail Biafra!!!!!!!

ayzTIGER:
a yoruba muslim will say something nice in a faceless forum but when he sees his masters up north he will turn immediately and say something different. Why is your fellow sodiq yoruba muslims not in this thread? They are obviously against restructuring

Proudlyngwa:
Restructuring this, restructuring that.
Without Restructuring of the mind, all is wash.


The system of Regionalism will not work in present day Nigeria.

Let's work on getting power back to the local governments.


www.facebook.com/Naija-Discuss-point-329580217075253/

Bede2u:
oil found in nigeria's territorial waters belong to Nigeria not Niger Delta. Due to maritime laws

IamFranco:
Most yorubas know the truth, they're only afraid to speak up.
This one is good

discusant:
Which local govt? The local governments sewed like mines in northern Nigeria to also draw revenues from the centre. Two states in northern Nigeria has more local government areas than all the five states only Abacha miserably allowed in the southeast.

Land mass is never used as yardstick to determine where new political units like states and local government areas can be created in a federal country where different groups formed a country.
No body can divide the large southern US states of Texas or Florida into four, but divide the tiny northern US states of Washington DC or New Jersey into two only.
Worse, northern military dictators supervised a 1999 constitution which makes for each state to contribute three senators to the NASS, and make for a presidential candidate to score 25% of votes in 2/3 of the 36 states to win. That effectively made Nigeria a property of Fulani-led northern Nigeria in a democracy.

freshvine:
The present ruling class in yoruba land which are Muslims craftily avoided the summit in other to support their fellow Muslims up north.

freshvine:
The present ruling class in yoruba land which are Muslims craftily avoided the summit in other to support their fellow Muslims up north.

Omofunaab2:
Guy, i like your submission but you really need to stop all these Yoruba Muslim nonsense you keep spewing about on every thread.

Because we have few misguided yorubas who support government base on religious sentiments doesn't mean every yoruba does that. In 2015 we had some Yoruba Christians that voted for Buhari and Lots of Muslims voted for Jonathan.

My father is an alhaji while my mom is a deaconess.. and i have seen many families like that too but only in "Yorubaland" .

I'm a Muslim and I don't even like the "Minister of foreign affairs" who has betrayed our trust. Many Muslims are like that too. Buhari hasn't lived up to expectation or maybe we expected too much from a man that just couldn't deliver

I'm 100% for restructuring, if possible sef make dem just divide this failed experiment.


Guy you really need to separate politics from religion.

A lot of Yorubas don't view politics the way you do

Kazim88:
Yoruba ethnic group are smart and cunny..

They deceived and pushed Aboki to write Kaduna Declaration with the plan to destroy Northern Economy.. now Inflation and cost of living is all time high...
poverty and Hunger level is now at critical level.

For them to turn around and Write Ibadan Declaration inviting Same Igbos (That have left the North) to come invest in Abeokuta, Oshogbo and Ibadan...

Aboki don't have sense... even the educated and elderly ones are still dunce... blame quota system.

SMH

okerekeikpo:
Afonjas talking behind their Arewa masters, just tell them to say it face to face with Arewa and see how they will run leave their cloth

ayzTIGER:
a yoruba muslim will say something nice in a faceless forum but when he sees his masters up north he will turn immediately and say something different. Why is your fellow sodiq yoruba muslims not in this thread? They are obviously against restructuring

fumiswtpusy:
Otu pa ma lu iceh me suo pa ma lu fa ikpe ka bt sasa ma la amala pa ka tah pa ha kio bus ye tata sa ma lapia oru cha ka epe jjaksh kuo pouto cahah pa lawai tinubu pa pa ja ta bui azo.

Danladi7:
So this one is not "speaking up".

The one they've being doing is not speaking up.Yorubas have being calling for restructuring before APC was born.Not like some people that their struggle was born out of GEJ election loss!

My friend,bravery is not by dishing out hate speeches,calling whoever opposes your views fools,imbeciles,prostitute,pigs and idiots and zoo animals!

Markfemi2:
fake ipod
your no longer an ogbomosho christain as claimed

michony505:
Why do some so called HUMANS reason like this? why did ojuwkwu FLED during the Biafrian war??

ihatesycophant:
I don't always like making political capital of critical issue but I am tempted to do so with some political juggernauts seen in that gathering. I would have loved seen Afenifere Renewal Group and not this Afenifere that has become a political wing of political party. Afenifere was to be the real pressure group demanding for the good of Yoruba race but they are so engrossed to their own personal demand and relegated to the bottom pit their core mission and vision for the Yoruba Nation. Yinka Odumakin also compounded the situation by being political in all his statement anytime he has chance. Afe Babalola has also become political opportunist. FaniKayode has nothing doing where Yoruba faithfuls sit because by tomorrow if given scrub, he would tell you he was forced to be in the gathering.
Any gathering of restructuring in Yoruba nation not including Tinubu is a gathering of convenience. Tinubu from day one has been clamouring for restructuring along with Afenifere Renewal Group and other prominent groups but some of the people in attendance today kept cool all along because they fed on the table of FG then.
Well, many may say why is he not saying anything today. Saying anything now would seems he's against the FG because of the issue he's facing with APC and as a wise politician he need to stay cool but all we know is dear to his heart.
For those that may read meaning to this, I am an advocate of restructuring and it would be done today or tomorrow, it's a welcome development but not to be led by political opportunists that had never wanted it in the first place.

omohayek:
But are you sure he's even Yoruba to begin with? Because his brand of divisive religious fanaticism is definitely not typical of Yoruba people, no matter their religious confession. Something just doesn't smell quite right with his zealously anti-Islamic attitude (and I'm saying that as a non-Muslim myself).

permit:
u are a liar maritime never stated such laws,oh is this ur new mentality our oyel will remain federal property after restructurin to fund ur lazy parasitic northern state? Failed on arrival... Kikikiki

Kingspin:
So it means that Nigeria is no man's land.. Full stop.

Kazim88:
PROMINENT Yoruba leaders and South-West governors, on Thursday, led representatives from the  Yoruba nation, including Kogi and Kwara states to demand a restructured Nigeria with emphasis on return to regional government as practised under the 1960 and 1963 Constitutions.

The demand was made at a well-attended summit of the Yoruba nation held at the Lekan Salami Stadium Adamasingba, Ibadan, the Oyo State, where, unlike in the past, all Yoruba groups were represented and spoke in unison about the future of the Yoruba nation within the Nigerian federation.

The clamour to restructure the country and solve the myriad of crises occasioned its pseudo-federal structure had been louder in the South-West region with prominent Yoruba leaders at the vanguard.

But at the Ibadan summit, the South-West governors, who had practically hitherto passed measured comments on the restructuring discourse, declared support for the idea as well as a return to regional administration as was the case in the defunct Western Region under the premiership of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

Also in attendance at the summit which participants defied rain to attend were leaders from the South-East and South-South zones who declared they were in agreement with their South-West counterparts on all issues agreed upon at the gathering.

Co-signed by the summit chairman, Chief Afe Babalola and chairman of the planning committee, Dr Kunle Olajide, a communiqué issued at the end of deliberations and read by Afenifere spokesperson, Mr Yinka Odumakin, warned that the country “is careering dangerously to the edge of the slope” and required urgent remedial actions to restructure it from a unitary constitution to a federal constitution as was the case at independence in 1960.

“Summit recalls with nostalgia, the great strides made by the Yoruba nation in the years of self-  government up until the abrogation of the federal constitution in 1966 evident in mass literacy, novel infrastructural strides and giant leaps in all spheres of human development.

“Summit noted that the crisis of over-centralisation has led to mass misery in across the country with poverty levels at 72 per cent, unemployment rate at 65 per cent internal immigration and internal displacement, security threat in form of Boko Haram, herdsmen and organised crime.

“Summit convinced that Nigeria is careering dangerously to the edge of the slope except urgent  steps are taken to restructure Nigeria from a unitary constitution to a federal constitution as negotiated by our founding fathers at independence in 1960, it was resolved as follows:

“That Yoruba are clear that restructuring does not mean different things to different people other than that a multi-ethnic country like Nigeria can only know real peace and  development if it is run ONLY along federal lines.

“That the greatest imperatives of restructuring Nigeria is to move from a rent-seeking and money sharing anti-development economy to productivity by ensuring that the federating units are free to own and develop their resources. They should pay agreed sums to the federation purse to implement central services.

“That the federating units- whether states, zones or regions must themselves be governed by written constitution to curb impunity at all levels.  Nigeria shall be a federation comprised of six regions and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

“The Federal Government shall make laws and only have powers in relation to items specified on the legislative list contained in the constitution of the Federation. The Regions shall in turn be composed as states.

“Each Region shall have its own constitution containing enumerated exclusive and
concurrent legislative lists regarding matters upon which the regions and the states may act or legislate.

“Contiguous territories, ethnic nationalities or settlement shall be at liberty through a plebiscite, to elect to be part of any contiguous region other than the region in which the current geo-political zone or state boundaries places them.

“The power to create states shall be within the exclusive powers of the region which shall be obliged to create a state provided a plebiscite is conducted, following a request by an agreed percentage of the residents of the ethnic nationality within a state.

“The procedure for conducting a plebiscite and the percentage of any ethnic nationality shall be out in the regional constitution. The power to create local governments and assign functions to them shall be vested in the states.

“That these agreed positions of the Yoruba taken today shall form the basis of negotiations with our partners in the Nigerian project for a United Nigeria based on Justice, peace and fair play,” the communiqué said among others.

Earlier, speakers took turns to submit that Nigeria, having genuflected before the gods of military and civil administration with no meaningful development for its people, needed to be steered away from a unitary political arrangement that had stifled progress and development.

Dr Olajide, in a welcome address, said the summit was put together to do a honest review of the past, an appraisal of the future as well as a telescopic view of the future

“The ship of the Nigerian State is floundering. It is in fact heading towards a titanic rock and Nigerians from all parts of the country must rise up to halt the drift. All Nigerians must speak up. Silence cannot be golden at these times and silence in this time is crime against humanity.

“This summit is not a gathering of a political party. It is not a religious gathering, but it is a gathering of Nigerian patriots of Yoruba extraction determined to give Nigeria a new lease of life. This gathering hopefully will be a breath of fresh air for a country suffocating in distress,” he said.

Chairman of the summit and legal icon, Chief Afe Babalola, noted that Nigeria witnessed its greatest and fastest economic, political and educational development during the self-government and the First Republic.

“Each of the regions was fairly autonomous and could legislate over a number of items which have today been taken over by the Federal Government.

“None of the constitutions fashioned out by the military reflects the ideals which informed the making of the 1954, 1960 and 1963 Constitutions. What the military did to those constitutions weaken the component states, destroy or impair their power to develop and sustain themselves.

“It is therefore correct to state that the military and their civilian apologist either by design of by accident have planted the seeds of national disintegration and disharmony,” he said.

President General of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze, and leader of the South-East delegation to the summit, Chief John Nwodo as well as the leader of the South-South delegation, Chief Charles Horsefall, declared support for restructuring and a paradigm shift from unitary to a truly federal structure.

Nwodo cited the successes of Netherlands and California as examples of what would happen in the country if states are allowed to develop at their own pace and utilise the resources within their territories.

In his goodwill message, Fayose urged Yoruba elders to be wary of voices of dissent on the restructuring discourse from the South-West, stressing that the some Yoruba leaders had always constituted stumbling block to the achievement of collective goal.

“I am here tom speak to speak the truth. They can only throw away my submission, but not my person. All former Yoruba leaders, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, late Chief Ladoke Akintola and Chief Adegoke Adelabu, did their best to ensure Yorubaland attains greatness. It is now left for us to pick up the challenge from where they stopped.

“Some of our leaders are selfish in thinking and even agitation. A Yoruba leader who had the privilege to rule Nigeria failed to honour late Chief MKO Abiola. The man who died for the cause of Yoruba.

“Lets look back, I am afraid if he would not come out tomorrow to speak against what we are gathered here to discuss.

“There is no alternative, no part two to restructuring. We have to go back regional administration. One of our leaders once threatened us that we should not speak about regional government. That is why I maintain that we should not blame some governors who are absent here. There is limit to governors’ powers. The president is like a lion. If he does not want governors to speak on a matter, he roars and that is it,” he said.

“For Ogun State, Commissioner for Integration, Adebola Adeife, represented Senator Ibikunle Amosun; Commissioner for Special duties, Osun State, Ogunsola Toogun represented Mr Rauf Aregbesola, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaicy Affairs, Bimbo Kolade represented Senator Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, while Professor Wale Ademodu represented Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State.

Professor Ademodu said the people of Ondo State under the leadership of Governor Akeredolu said without restructuring, Nigeria could be heading for rock.

“For us in Ondo State, yes, we welcome the idea of restructuring, if not we go for due process. The idea of restructuring and devolution is a great political idea but we can use economic process to achieve unity in Yorubaland.”

Forner Governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel said government and the people of Nigeria must see restructuring as unique idea which today would determine the development and progress of the country.

He noted that irrespective of opposition to restructuring, it had become a national agenda, an idea whos time had come.

At the gathering were Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Professor Banji Akintoye, Senator Gbenga Kaka, Ambassador Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, Ambassador Yemi Farounbi, Chief Olu FalaeChief Niyi Akintola SAN, Femi Fani-Kayode, Senator Kofoworola Buknor-Akerele, Dr Fredrick Fasehun, Chief Gani Adams, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu, Chief S. K. Onafowokan, Chief Idowu Sofola, SAN, Chief Micheal Ade Ojo (Elizade).

Chief Segun Adegoke, Chief Kola Omololu, Chief Areoye Oyebola, Dr Doyin Okupe, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, Dr Amos Akingba, Professor Remi Sonaya, Chief Tokunbo Ajasin, Honourable Wale Oshun, Dr Walter Ofonagoro, General Ike Nwachukwu, Dr John Nwodo, Chief Alex Anozie, Zik Obi, Representative of Akran of Badagry, Senator Okon Aniete, Dr Slyvannus Ebigwe, and many others.

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/ibadan-summit-yoruba-leaders-south-west-govs-demand-restructuring-regional-govt/?amp_markup=1

PehaKaso:
@Bede2u, I disagree with you on your fourth submission on how to restructure the failed country.
How can you put up such a proposal which is one of the factors fuelling the secessionist agitations?

If by dint of luck or war, the secessionists become successful in their agitations and secede from Nigeria, would other regions claim part ownership of the offshore resources found in the coastal areas of the new country?

This is not tenable and a deliberate attempt to hold onto the resources of some regions while the rest own theirs totally. The activities of oil and gas exploration industries affect our lands negatively and the impacts are not a child's play.

If we must restructure, then it must be total and fair.

NNPC and her subsidiaries would automatically be handed over to the regions where they hitherto operated.
Only a percentage of all revenues that accrued to each region will be paid to the central government.

Omofunaab2:
Guy, i like your submission but you really need to stop all these Yoruba Muslim nonsense you keep spewing about on every thread.

Because we have few misguided yorubas who support government base on religious sentiments doesn't mean every yoruba does that. In 2015 we had some Yoruba Christians that voted for Buhari and Lots of Muslims voted for Jonathan.

My father is an alhaji while my mom is a deaconess.. and i have seen many families like that too but only in "Yorubaland" .

I'm a Muslim and I don't even like the "Minister of foreign affairs" who has betrayed our trust. Many Muslims are like that too. Buhari hasn't lived up to expectation or maybe we expected too much from a man that just couldn't deliver

I'm 100% for restructuring, if possible sef make dem just divide this failed experiment.


Guy you really need to separate politics from religion.

A lot of Yorubas don't view politics the way you do

Bede2u:
oil found in nigeria's territorial waters belong to Nigeria not Niger Delta. Due to maritime laws

Reminez:
This Igbo..ed impostor. Be proud of your OSU ancestry . oloriburuku Omo irankiran