NO REAL YORUBA MAN OR WOMAN WILL VOTE FOR JONATHAN,says Afenifere, Chief Olu falae Publicity Secretary of Afenifere Renewal Group , Kunle Famoriyo, challenged the likes of George to tell the people of the region what Jonathan did for the zone in the last five years. “No real Yoruba man or woman who supports a pan-Yoruba political and developmental agenda will vote for Jonathan in the coming election. For the past five years under his administration, the Yoruba people have been deliberately marginalised and skewed out of national reckoning, especially in terms of key appointments and opportunity to partake in key sectors of the economy. “We are surprised that President Jonathan believes the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, over which he has no control, is enough to atone for the deliberate marginalisation in key appointments, over which he has control. Those Yoruba persons posing as Yoruba leaders know that leadership in Yoruba land resides in treasured virtues of Omoluwabi and Afenifere philosophy, not necessarily in persons. Yoruba people know their leaders,” he said. Chief Olu Falae, another Afenifere chieftain, alleged that the President never appreciated their contributions to his emergence as the President in 2011. This, he said, was reflected in the fact that the Yoruba were sidelined in appointments and control of political offices. He listed the topmost positions as that of the President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of House of Representatives, Chief Justice of the Federation, Deputy Senate President, Deputy- Speaker of the House of Representatives, President, Court of Appeal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, National Security Adviser and Head of Service of the Federation. The former Secretary to the Federal Government argued that none of these offices was being occupied by a Yoruba, stressing that the absence of Yoruba in the power hierarchy had adversely affected the zone.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:06:54 +0000