The Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) on Saturday
urged Southwest governors to prioritise security of the region and key into
late Obafemi Awolowo’s ideologies to return the region to its glory days.
The founder and President of the group, Oladotun Hassan,
said this in a statement in Lagos.
He said that it had become imperative for governors of the
region to raise the standard of welfare and education of the people.
According to Hassan, the leadership of the group, as part of
its resolutions on agenda to all Southwest governors, wants the them to
redouble efforts at returning Southwest to its enviable position.
“We hereby implore all our Southwest governors to key into
Awoist ideologies of absolute welfare, education, health, agriculture/food
security, infrastructure and robust economic integration.
“The issue of insecurity must be adequately tackled headlong
based on simultaneous strategic planning and synergy toward attaining a
progressive regional development agenda plan,’’ Hassan said.
On the spate of herdsmen attacks in the region, the group
called for the establishment of a holistic security network.
“On the issue of recent herdsmen attacks, invasions and
killings of innocent people, we propose an immediate panacea with the
establishment of a Joint Southwest Regional Security Network (JSRSN) system.
“This should be launched in collaboration with the Police,
Military, Navy, Airforce, civilian vigilantes and local security groups: OPC,
Agbekoya to mention a few,’’ Hassan, a legal practitioner said.
He said that the main thrust of government was predicated
upon rule of law, principles of separation of powers and good governance.
“We crave that the Southwest Governors Forum (SGF) needs
more vigour and innovative institutionalised ideal system and administration
base, in order to build robust unity, spirit of collective responsibility and
aggregated development of the region.
“We call on all our Governors to embrace and adopt the
‘Omoluabi principles and objective promotion in all government’s dealings,
which shall be to reduce act of corruption and mal-administration entrenched in
the system,” he said.
Hassan further said that the governors of the region needed
to demonstrate passion in sustaining Yoruba aesthetic cultural heritage and
values.
According to him, there must be a Yoruba day in a week
reserved to observe etiquette, language, dress sense and values in schools,
government institutions, homes and other places.
He commended the Lagos State House of Assembly for
conducting its parliament business in Yoruba on Thursdays.
According to him, the Yoruba Language Promotion Law has
equally been passed by the House and signed into law by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode.
“This is an excellent innovative giant stride that needs to
be transmitted, adopted and implemented by other Southwestern states too.
“To this end, we crave better closeness to the yearnings and
prospects of the people at the grassroots,” he said.
Hassan invited all governors, royal fathers, stakeholders,
yoruba socio-cultural and youth groups to the maiden “Yoruba Economic
Development, Peace and Security Summit’’ tagged: “Fo Ilu Mo’’ (Sweeping Our
Land Clean).
He said that the summit was slated for June 27 at Mapo Hall,
Ibadan, Oyo State and that it was aimed at cross-fertilising ideas on panaceas
on ailing issues of insecurity in Yoruba land and Nigeria.
The group congratulated all the newly-elected Southwest
governors ahead of their May 29 swearing in ceremony.
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