{"id":438165,"date":"2011-06-08T13:32:26","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T13:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/08\/afenifere-others-disagree-over-alleged-marginalisation-of-yoruba\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T13:32:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T13:32:26","slug":"afenifere-others-disagree-over-alleged-marginalisation-of-yoruba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/afenifere-others-disagree-over-alleged-marginalisation-of-yoruba\/","title":{"rendered":"Afenifere, others disagree over alleged marginalisation of Yoruba"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lagos –\u00a0 Some socio-cultural pressure groups in the South West on Wednesday held divergent views on the new leadership in the House of Representatives which was against the PDP\u2019s power sharing structure which endorsed Mrs Mulikat\u00a0 Akande-Adeola\u00a0 as\u00a0 speaker.<\/p>\n

But members of the House of Representatives elected Aminu Tambuwal from the North West as speaker and similarly, David Mark\u00a0 by consensus was re-elected senate president.<\/p>\n

In his reaction, the leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Dr Frederick Fasheun\u00a0 in Lagos said that \u201c by implication, Nigeria has successfully excluded the Yoruba people\u2019\u2019 from the topmost echelon of government.<\/p>\n

\u201c I don\u2019t see the power structure in Nigeria, as it is now, as marginalization; it is an excision of the Yoruba nation from Nigeria because it was involuntary.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo sustain Nigeria, every part of the country must have its own share and representation which the constitution recognized as the federal character principle,\u2019\u2019 Fasheun said.<\/p>\n

The OPC leader, however, urged the South West to look inwards and seek ways of better developing the region.<\/p>\n

The Secretary General of the Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COOSEG) Mr Rasaq Olokooba said that the group was saddened by the development.<\/p>\n

Olokooba said:\u00a0 \u201cfrom the reactions they were getting from\u00a0 members and the Yoruba people in Diaspora, there is anger over the development .<\/p>\n

\u201c If the current administration truly wants the support of the Yoruba people, it must do something fast to get a solution to the problem.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

According to him, governments all over the world know the implications and gains of an all inclusive government.<\/p>\n

\u201c The power sharing formula in the present dispensation was a pointer to the fact that the interests and demands of the Yoruba\u2019s will not be accommodated, \u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

However, the Yoruba socio cultural organization\u2014Afenifere\u2013 said that the power sharing formula was of very little significance to it.<\/p>\n

Lagos state chairman of the Afenifere, Chief Supo Sonibare said that \u201cAfenifere is more interested in policies rather than personnel \u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

Sonibare said that the Afenifere\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 paramount interest was the development of the people of the South West which had nothing to do with political appointments.<\/p>\n

\u201c We want a judicious allocation of resources in Nigeria which will ensure gainful employment because the South West, especially Lagos state, is not getting adequate returns from the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

\u201c The Afenifere need structures in the South West and not only those provided by the state governments but by the federal government, \u2019\u2019 Sonibare added. (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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