The Chairman of the organising committee of Yoruba Congress, Dr. Kunle Olajide, has said the Southwest is planning a rally in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on September 7, 2017, on the need to restructure the country.
At a conference yesterday in Lagos, Olajide said the rally would mobilise Nigerians to put pressure on those working against the unity of the country to have a rethink.
The committee chairman said the country was passing through a difficult phase, adding that well-meaning Nigerians should return sanity to the land.
He said: “As you are aware, we are passing through a difficult phase in the life this country. As such, patriots across the country have to rise up and together find a lasting solution to the problems.
“Successive politicians have promised to correct the present lopsided structure, which is in favour of the government at the centre, to win elections. But once elections are over, nothing is done in this direction.
“It is on record that the late Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was emphatic that in a multi-ethnic culture country like Nigeria, it is only a truly federal constitution that can work. Contemporary events have proved him right.”
