UNPO: Yorubas join world body of marginalized nations
The Yoruba ethnic group has been accepted as the 45th member of the Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organization .
Akintoye stressed the latest development represent important step in the collective quest of well-meaning Yoruba people to achieve the goal of dignity and self-determination. Akintoye in a letter addressed to him by UNPO Secretary-General, Ralph Bunche, expressed his gladness to welcome the Yoruba nation as a new member of the International Body and that they are looking forward to working closely with the Yoruba people.
“The peoples represented within the UNPO membership are all united by one shared condition. They are denied their equitable level of representation and voice in the institutions of the countries to which they currently belong and in international governance.
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