Restructuring: Fayemi urges South West leaders to adopt new strategies vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The governor, who spoke in Ado Ekiti at a national retreat of the Afenifere Renewal Group which he hosted, said the current tactics being used in agitating for restructuring was defective.According to him, the Yoruba race needs to be more tactical if it is indeed desirous of actualising its desired restructuring .
“There are those who entertained fear on this issue of restructuring and whether this is legitimate or not, we must reach out to them because we are not an island onto ourselves. The governor also expressed dismay at the voter apathy in the South West region in the last election, saying a total of 16.2 million were initially registered in the region while the number of those who voted was not impressive.” In Osun 1.67million registered , only 737,000 voted; Ondo, 1.8million registered , 586,00 voted; Oyo, 2.7million registered , 891,000 voted; 2.36million registered in Ogun, 605,000 voted and Lagos with 6.3million, only 1.56million voted.
Fayemi also expressed the readiness of the APC governors in the region to work with the governor-elect of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, in the overall interest of the region.Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, who were represented at the retreat, called for a return to the values of the old western region.
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