Fayemi said the region can only regain its pride of place in the country’s political configuration unless leaders never allow national politics to divide them.
The governor, however, said Yoruba race needs to be more tactical if desirous to actualise its advocacy issue of restructuring . “We don’t need to be shouting on the roof top before we get it, but if we want to do it alone, the agitation will fall”, he warned.Expressing regret over voter apathy in the southwest, Fayemi said : “in the last presidential poll, Ekiti registered 909,000 voters , only 381,000 voted, 0sun 1.67million , only 737,000 voted, Ondo, 1.8m registered , 586,00, Oyo, 2.7m registered , 891,000 voted, 2.36m registered in Ogun, 605,000 voted and Lagos with 6.3m, only 1.56m voted.
Governors of Osun State, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, said what could be regarded as distinguishable attributes of the Yoruba people is quest for development and good governance and that these should be sustained in the interest of the people. “We have to be really worried that the instability and insecurity in the sahel has started affecting us and we need to get worried.
Oshun said in spite of different decisions taken by the southwest in the last elections that the values of whim he Yoruba people are remain the same.
Nw u are talking like a patriot.
A good call, because some elders of SW in their minds are still not happy with ' Jagaban' leadership and transformation of AD to AC to ACN while the system has gone APC. 'Won wa'di e,assignment'.
Hypocrisy!! Why didn't APC in southwest integrate Ekiti during Fayose's regime?