Tag: Ayo Adebanjo

Restructuring: “Nigeria needs a new Constitution for progress” – Ayo Adebanjo

Aminu Imam
Ayo Adebanjo

A prominent leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has expressed deep concern over Nigeria’s current socio-economic challenges, attributing them to ineffective governance and an outdated Constitution. In a recent interview, Adebanjo criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration for its lack of sincerity and failure to address the country’s pressing issues, urging for the implementation of the 2014 National Conference report as a step towards national reform. Adebanjo highlighted the government’s refusal to meet workers’ demands for a new minimum wage, contrasting it with the high salaries of National…

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2023: ‘Tinubu, Amaechi, Osinbajo, Jonathan, others on wild goose chase’ – Adebanjo

Aminu Imam

Leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has said the North was not interested in ceding power to any of the geo-political zones in the southern part of the country in the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The elder statesman made the claim yesterday, at the forum of the Greater Nigeria Conference, (GNC), organised by leaders and friends of the South-East geo-political zone. The venue was the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Chieftains of the APC who have formally signified interest in the party presidential ticket include Asiwaju…

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2023: Adebanjo, Clark, S/East Govs. meet in Abuja today over Presidency

Aminu Imam

Leader of the Afenifere socio-political group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, and leader of the Southern and Middle-Belt Forum, Pa Edwin Clark, are set to attend the Greater Nigeria Conference, (GNC), in Abuja today, Monday, to deliberate on the emergence of the next Nigerian President from the South-East region. The GNC is a pan-Nigeria dialogue, organised by a global Igbo think-tank, Nzuko Umunna, to canvass support for a presidential candidate from the region during the 2023 general elections. The GNC, in a statement by its Media Coordinator, Collins Ugwu, said South-East governors…

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Nigeria’s immediate problem is constitutional change, not talks about 2023 – Adebanjo

Ishaku Yohanna

Ayo Adebanjo, elder statesman has described talks about 2023 presidency as diversionary, saying that Nigeria’s immediate priority should be about initiating a process that would lead to constitutional change and amendment of the 1999 constitution. In recent times, public discourse about the zoning of the 2023 presidency has intensified, while some are agitating for the scrapping of the zoning arrangement, others say it has come to stay. Last week, Malam Mamman Daura, nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari, had said that competence and not geography should determine the next president of…

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