marginalisation of the race to the international arena.
The group hinted in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Tuesday that it would inaugurate the Europe and America chapters of the organisation before the end of this year.
YCE has been alleging marginalisation of the Yoruba race in the appointment of political and public office holders by President Goodluck Jonathan administration.
The Chairman of the group in Ogun State, Dr. Muiz Adeleke Omonayajo, who spoke to journalists, said the planned launching of the international chapters is to “further sensitise all sons and daughters of the race in the Diaspora on the level at which the Yoruba have suffered marginalisation in Nigeria.”
Also at the briefing were the YCE’s national executive member, Mr. Kadiri Adebisi, as well as the group’s Public Relations Officer in the Diaspora, Mr. Gabriel Aramide.
According to Omonayajo, the inauguration of the international chapters would witness a two-day celebration of the Yoruba Day in London later this year.
He lamented that the region has been sidelined in the scheme of things in the country by the Jonathan administration, a development, which he ascribed to the defeat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West.
The YCE leader said: “We don’t want to take the quota for the Igbo man, we don’t want to take the quota for the South-South, we don’t want to take the quota for other regions like the Middle Belt, North-East, North-West and so on, what we are saying is that Yoruba should be given their dues.
“The point is that, according to the information made available to us, politically, at the centre, the Yoruba are not in PDP, the South-West did not vote for PDP but what we are saying now is that the moment somebody becomes a President, he is a president of everybody, the good, the bad and the ugly.
“We now want a consideration that will make the federal character meaningful, we want unity. If you look at the federal agencies, you will see that we are not there. We are not fighting, we are pleading that consideration should be given to the South-West people to have their dues.”
Omonayajo added: “We have so many children who are graduates that have no jobs, what are we talking about. If parents struggled to send their children to school and they get certificate but do not get jobs, whether self-employed or government jobs, how do you then prevent youths’ restiveness?”
