Prominent Yoruba diaspora socio- cultural organization,the Oodua Progressive Union(OPU)on Tuesday charged the Federal Government to embrace regionalism as the best approach to achieve the nation’s potentials.
OPU also urged the South West governors on region’s integrated development plan.
The Yoruba diaspora socio-cultural organisation also urged the six governors of the south west to work out modalities that will help in creating effective security,proper education, electricity as well as effective railway project that could
engender growth and development in the region.
OPU’s position was contained in a communique issued and signed by the Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, who is also the global convener of the diaspora organization,Iba Gani Adams,the secretary general Prince Olanrewaju Sunmonu and Europe coordinator, Alhaji Gani Wahab, at the end of its European Summit held recently in the United Kingdom
The Yoruba diaspora organization, with branches presently in 101 countries across the six continents, also urged the governors to ensure speedy construction of regional electricity and railway to cushion the effect of the hardship being faced by Nigerians with the PMS price hike and electricity tariffs.
“The Southwest Governors must be ready to replicate the region’s past success stories by focusing on the region’s integrated development plan.
“We need to revive our educational sector.Security of lives and property should be of utmost priority in the south west.We must make Yoruba language a compulsory subject for students’ admission in all the states university in the Southwest.
“Our members have been urged to intensify efforts in setting up an online Yoruba language school,in order to promote the Yoruba cultural identity and language.
“We also urge the governors to pay more attention to the issue of insecurity ravaging the region.
“And in doing that,the governors must partner with the South West Security Stakeholders Groups (SSSG)a security outfit consisting 15 different security groups under the Aareonakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams.
“With the partnership,Yoruba land will be peaceful and the spate of insecurity across the region will reduce drastically.
“The South West governors must also reinforce the regional security across the region,even as we urge the Lagos State Government to join the other states in the region to inaugurate Amotekun security outfit in order to boost the morale of the other five states in the south west”
