Following
allegations of marginalization and neglect of the South-West levelled
against the Jonathan administration by Yoruba elders operating under the
aegis of the Yoruba Unity Forum (YUF), Wednesday in Ibadan, the Senior
Special Assistant to the President on public affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe has
blamed the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) for the
marginalization of Yoruba people; not President Jonathan.
According
to him, “the issue of marginalisation of the South-West was a political
misadventure and political accident, brought about by the Yoruba
themselves. If you would recollect, the Yoruba were supposed to produce
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which is the number four
position in Nigeria.”
“But
due to the political mishandling of the leadership of the Yoruba and
also the sabotage of the Yoruba people by the Yoruba leadership. I am
talking about the people in the ACN now. The Yoruba people in the ACN
conspired against the Yoruba people and allowed the position to be taken
away. That is the beginning of marginalisation.”
“You
see, when people sit down to share what is not enough and you don’t
have anybody to speak for you, there is a problem” he explained.
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