Yoruba groups endorse National Conference

STAKEHOLDERS in Yoruba land, including the Yoruba Unity Forum, Yoruba Nationalists Assembly, Afenifere, Coalition of Oodua Self-Determination Groups, Oodua Foundation, National Committee of Yoruba Youths, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Oodua Foundation and South-West Consultative Forum, among others, turned up in large numbers on Friday in Lagos to make their submissions on how to move the country forward through a national dialogue.

The event attracted the cream of the Yoruba race including Bishop Bolanle Gbonigi, Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, Dr. Frederick Fasheun, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, among several others.

All the groups expressed their support for a national conference that should be held before the 2015 polls, while commending President Goodluck Jonathan for taking the bull by the horn to organise such a parley.

Specifically, the groups told the Presidential Committee on National Conference, headed by Senator Femi Okunrounmu, that the proposed dialogue must be truly representative of the ethnic nationalities in the country, leading to true and genuine federalism.

Culled from the Nigerian tribune