All roads lead to the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba in Ibadan as Yoruba sons and daughters within Nigeria from all walks of life throng the city for Yoruba Summit.
A statement by Yinka Odumakin, Secretary Planning Commitee said the solemn gathering to be chaired by legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) will take firm and consensual positions on the issue of the day in the country -restructuring.
All socio-cultural groups in Yorubaland are to be joined by professional bodies,market organizations,religious bodies, workers and students association in what promises to be the biggest gathering of Yoruba people in recent time.
It would also be an opportunity for the Yoruba to reaffirm federalism as an effective and functional constitution for a multi-ethnic country like Nigeria which has been the fulcrum of Yoruba position from the 1950 Ibadan conference leading to the federal constitution negotiated in 1960 by Nigeria’s founding fathers like Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr NnamdiAzikiwe and Sir Ahmadu Belllo.
One of Yoruba foremost historians ,a Second Republic Senator and author of “History of The Yoruba”, Prof Banji Akintoye will deliver a keynote on the subject of restructuring to be garnished with solidarity speeches from groups and notable leaders in attendance.
The Summit promises to be a game changer.
