Yoruba Council of Elders Appeals To Jonathan To Appoint CBN Gov. From South-West

Yoruba Council
of Elders has
called on
President
Goodluck
Jonathan to
compensate
the South
West with
position of the
governor of the
Central Bank
of Nigeria.
According to the group, it would make up for the
loss of the position of the Speaker, House of
Representatives.
Speaking through its National Treasurer, Dr. Dejo
Raimi, YCE said the president had made the
promise to compensate the zone when they visited
him in Abuja to complain about alleged
marginalisation of the zone in the distribution of
political appointments.
Dr. Raimi, said the position of the Yorubas in the
current political dispensation was not
commensurate with contributions they made
towards the emergence of some leaders of
government.
He maintained that now that there would be a
vacancy, the best way the president could redeem
his promise "is the position of Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) Governor which will become vacant
very soon".
"There are many capable hands of Yoruba
extraction both within and out the CBN to take over
from the outgoing Governor of the apex bank".
"The Yorubas are being marginalized and it is
glaring to everybody including Mr. President and
this informed his promise that he would
compensate us with other appointments that
would shore up our position among the comity of
geo-political zones in the country.
"Time is running out and that is why the YCE is
reminding him. It is highly unfortunate that the
zone does not feature in the first 10 topmost
positions in the country presently and the question
to ask is that what offence did we commit as a
people?
"As a people, we are not happy that we are being
treated like a third class citizen in a country we
have put much into in terms of everything," he
complained.

Sent From David Aniemeka