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       Yoruba leaders, Gana urge government to revisit 2014 confab repo
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       By: magbytes120 Date: June 30, 2017, 12:53 am
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       Folu Olamiti (left); Chief Bode George; Dr. Tokunbo Ajasin; Mrs.
       Bola Doherty; Otunba Deji Osibogun; Bishop Ayo Ladigbolu; Dr.
       Kunle Olajide and Otunba Gani Adams at the Yoruba unity retreat
       in Ibadan… yesterday. PHOTO: NAJEEM RAHEEM
       Prominent Yoruba leaders under the aegis of Yoruba Leadership
       and Peace Initiative have called on the Federal Government to
       begin in earnest, the process of implementation of the 2014
       National Conference report before the 2019 general elections.
       The leaders at a conference yesterday in Ibadan also appealed to
       all Yoruba leaders irrespective of their political inclinations
       to work for the unity and development of the race and revisit
       some of the policies of the first Premier of the old Western
       Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
       They noted that the need for the executive and the national
       assembly to revisit the confab report and douse tension in the
       country.
       Some of the leaders at the conference included a former Deputy
       National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief
       Bode George; former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga
       Daniel; Senator Bode Olajumoke, Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN);
       Chairman, Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), Mr. Olawale Oshin and
       convener of the conference, Otunba Deji Osibogun.
       Speakers at the conference declared support for restructuring of
       the country.
       George warned that the mistakes of the past should not be
       repeated to truncate the unity of Yoruba race, adding that the
       thoughts of former Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief
       Obafemi Awolowo, should be revisited in administering South West
       states.
       Daniel said the report of the 2014 national conference should be
       considered, describing it as a good document.
       Agoro, urged the Yoruba race to stand with the Acting President,
       Prof Yemi Osinbajo, especially at this trying period in the
       nation.
       Otunba Deji Osibogun, noted that the 2014 dialogue was
       acknowledged to have made very far reaching decisions on the
       required constitutional reforms to effect the desired
       restructuring.
       Also, former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, want
       government to have another look at the confab report and
       implement to give a new lease of life to Nigeria.
       “To now say that the report is now gathering dust is not fair.
       There must be some good in that report, we appeal to the
       government of the day to have another look at the 2014 National
       Conference report and implement to give a new lease of life to
       the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
       In another development, the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir
       el-Rufai, said the position of APC as regard President Goodluck
       Jonathan’s 2014 National Conference has not changed.
       When reminded that the Senate had requested for the reports,
       El-Rufai said: “That is not likely to happen. We never believed
       in the national conference. We believe it is a jamboree. Our
       position has not changed, we are not going to look at the 2014
       national conference reports.”
       Speaking with journalists at the public presentation of African
       Study Bible yesterday in Abuja, Gana stated that division and
       hatred is very destructive to any nation, and appealed to all
       Nigerians irrespective of their grievances and challenges to
       desist from making statements that would generate tension in the
       society.
       He observed that in a democracy, dialogue, debate, understanding
       are the way to go, stressing that you cannot create a society by
       force but by understanding as two people can never work together
       unless they agree.
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