CITIZENS COMPASS —A Yoruba Diaspora Organization, Yoruba One Voice (YOV), has expressed concern over the raging spate of insecurity in Yoruba land, saying the south west has become vulnerable to threats emanating from kidnapping and killings.
The organization made this known during the International Conference held at the weekend via Zoom with 300 participants spreading across 5, 000 online platforms in all six continents of the world.
In his remarks, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, who is the Grand Patron of the organization, said members of Yoruba One Voice across the world are worried about protracted cases of insecurity in the country, most especially, in Yorubaland with many, including three traditional rulers as victims of the growing scourge.
The Yoruba generalissimo stated further that the parliamentary system of government remains the best solution to solving the structural imbalances in the country.
He pointed out that the conference was a timely intervention to the various challenges in the country, adding that there is an urgent need to get the country out of the woods.
“This conference is a wake-up call to everybody that is involved in the management of our region.
“The issue of security is fundamental to the growth and development of every nation. However, we can not continue to pretend as if nothing is wrong.
“As far as I am concerned, I think there is a need for another security conference to address the pressing demand for restructuring. The first security conference was the one that led to the establishment of Amotekun and there is a need to enhance the operation of Amotekun as well as the security architecture of the southwest.
“It could have been worse, but for the series of letters I wrote to the international communities and my interventions on the security in the southwest have been worthwhile in the past few years.
“So, whatever problem we face today has to do with the structure of our government. I have been advocating restructuring as the best solution to the structural imbalances of Nigeria.
“With the Parliamentary system of government, every region will be at liberty to address its political and socio-economic problems and the central will be vibrant.
“With regional governments across the six geo-political zones, Nigeria will explore the beauty of our diversity; and there will be effective competition and healthy rivalries among the various regions.
“Each region would develop at its own pace. The federating units will have southwestcing structure that will take care of the safety of the region.
