Tag: Restructuring

Restructuring: Zone us to south-west – Okun people of Kogi writes NAssembly

Ishaku Yohanna

The Okun ethnic people in Kogi State have written to National Assembly to be relocated from the North-Central geopolitical zone to the South-West. They also demanded a separate state which would be made up of the Okun people and the core Yoruba speaking part of Kwara State. This demand was contained in a memorandum sent to the Senate Committee on the 1999 Constitutional Review, under the umbrella of Okun Development Association (ODA). The memorandum which was signed by Ambassador Babatunde Fadumiyo, on behalf of the ODA President, expressed support for…

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2023: No restructuring, no elections, Yoruba Summit Group warns

Ishaku Yohanna

The Yoruba Summit Group (YSG), which comprises leaders drawn from different spheres of life, on Thursday, said there was an urgent need to restructure the country now, warning that any attempt to go ahead with elections in 2023 without addressing the issue would spell doom for Nigeria. The group said the ship of the country is veering off precariously into a precipice, adding that Nigeria is at the very edge of political subsidence. In a communiqu issued on Thursday and signed by Mogaji Gboyega Adejumo, with the strong support of 25 prominent…

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