WHAT YORUBA PEOPLE WANT…OUR IRREDUCIBLE MINIMUM The Yoruba democratic objective is to secure an abundant life and peaceful existence for all our people, and to preserve the liberty and rights of citizens of our Region. These include; - the right to freely elect our representatives in an atmosphere of freedom and civility - - - the right to religious worship and practices the right to reject any form of oppression, and the right to legislate for the common good and well being of our people and our nation. The Yoruba aim is to be partners in the creation of a state where the citizens are recognized by the government and the government serves the interests of the citizens [Folorunsho, 2014]. For us Yoruba people, we demand Regional Autonomy for the South West Region within a united Nigeria. Yoruba people will effectively communicate to all other ethnic nationalities an understanding of the aims and objectives of the Yoruba people in the following contexts of: A YORUBA PEOPLE - Cultural/Language Homogeneity A YORUBA REGION - States/Geographic Zone and A YORUBA NATION - A shared vision [Yoruba Agenda, 2012]. The YORUBA PEOPLE OF NIGERIA hereby make the following demands: a. Regionalism: a restructured Nigeria federation consisting of a Central Government and Regional governments of other ethnic nationalities – this could be based on the current six geo-political zones. The South West Region must include all Yoruba people outside the imposed artificial boundaries, in Edo, Delta, Kogi and Kwara States. b. A negotiated legislative Exclusive, Concurrent and Residual list c. A unicameral legislature at the center; details of the Regional legislature shall be clearly set out in the constitution of each Region d. A parliamentary form of government at the centre e. The right to self determination on and up to the right to secede f. A just and equitable taxation system that will treat the federating units with equality and better coordination at the federal level in order to eliminate the current rentier syndrome. g. Fiscal Federalism and Resource Control: a system whereby a substantial part of the proceeds accruable from every Region will be domiciled in the Region and an agreed percentage contributed to the center by the federating units for the responsibility of the Federal government. h. Establishment of Regional Police i. j. A new people‘s constitution: the resolutions and conclusions of the 2014 National Conference shall lead to an autochthonous Constitution, that is a home-grown and all inclusive draft that shall be submitted to the Nigerian electorate voting in a Referendum Status of Lagos: Lagos will continue to be the economic nerve centre of Nigeria and the West African sub-Region, hence, there shall be an appropriate budgetary provision that is part of the First Line Charge in the Federation Account. For Yoruba people, it is REGIONAL AUTONOMY
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:58:23 +0000
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