“Article 20 of African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) provide that ‘Colonised or oppressed peoples shall have the right to free themselves from the bonds of domination by resorting to any means recognised by the international community…’. President of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), emeritus professor of History and African Studies, Professor Banji Akintoye, gleefully made the announcement in a press statement. Wednesday, March 4 this year, I ran “Akintoye: Giving Afenifere a run for its money” in my Treasures column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper, where I described events at the Saturday, February 29 colloquium of the YWC entitled “First General Assembly of the Yoruba Nation Beyond the Nigerian borders” with participants of Yoruba nationalities coming from across the world, as well as eminent Yoruba personalities from all walks of life, many of them driving or travelling long hours to make the event. “The UNPO is able to address issues that often remain hidden because UNPO has the freedom to raise issues that others cannot raise due to political or funding constraints. development represents a very important step in the collective quest of well-meaning Yoruba people to achieve the goal of dignity and self-determination.

“Membership in UNPO gives our Yoruba nation the privilege of having UNPO work for the protection and advancement of our rights as an indigenous people in Nigeria. “UNPO works to develop understanding of, and respect for, the right to self-determination, provides advice and support related to questions of international recognition and political autonomy; trains groups on how to advocate for their causes effectively, legally, devoid of violence; and directly advocates for an international response to human rights violations perpetrated against UNPO member nations or groups”, the statement reads. The Yoruba ethnic group has been accepted as the 45th member of the Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organization (UNPO). Today, UNPO has more than forty (40) member nations.”, “Having identified ourselves as an indigenous nation, the UNPO recognition is the first stage towards achieving our goal of self-determination, and this is permissible and lawful under existing laws and international instruments.”, “The United Nations Conventions and Proclamation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (September 15, 2007) grants indigenous peoples and nations the rights to self-determination.”, “Membership in UNPO gives our Yoruba nation the privilege of having UNPO work for the protection and advancement of our rights as an indigenous people in Nigeria. Last Tuesday’s press statement by the Akintoye-led YWC said quite emphatically that the UNPO recognition could be the “first stage towards achieving (the Yoruba’s) goal of self-determination.”. “…UNPO, in a letter addressed to Akintoye through the YWC Coordinator for Europe by her 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. Akintoye, a renowned Emeritus Professor of History disclosed that some formerly unrecognized nations who were members of UNPO but are now Independent Nations and members of the United, Nations are the Armenia, East Timor, Estonia, Latvia, Georgia and Palau, stressing that the International Body, like many others, have the capacity to help Yoruba Nation achieve her goals, “Some former members, such as Armenia, East Timor, Estonia, Latvia, Georgia and Palau, have, gained full independence and have joined the United Nations (UN) as full members.”, “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.”, “As a consequence, their opportunity to participate on the national or international stage is limited and unfair, and they struggle against difficulties in their effort to realize their rights to civil and political participation and to control their own economic, social and cultural development.”, “In many cases, they live under pressure of the worst forms of violence and repression, such as is being perpetrated by armed Fulani Herdsmen and Fulani militias, as well as by terrorist Boko Haram, against many peoples of Nigeria, including our Yoruba nation; which violence and repression are being adroitly and surreptitiously supported by the government of Nigeria.
In what he codenamed Operation Barbarossa, Hitler started the Axis Powers’ invasion of the Soviet Union on Sunday, June 22, 1941, during the World War II, in addition to his on-going invasion of France, Britain, etc. The rest, as they say, is history! “It is the right and duty of all of us to evolve together our nation’s use of this wonderful gift, and the Yoruba World Congress offers its brotherly hand of love, cooperation and collaboration to all persons, leaders, rulers and organisations in the Yoruba family.” That was the statement! Hitherto, it had been calls for restructuring, with a return to the Independence Constitution of 1960 or the Republican Constitution of 1963 deemed adequate enough for the Yoruba and, indeed, the other Nigerian peoples to take their destiny in their own hands and develop at their own pace, unlike the present system where a unitary system of government masquerading as federalism shackles the so-called federating units while a cabal composed of individuals from a region, religion and tribe ride roughshod over the polity, misruling, misguiding, oppressing and pillaging its resources and people. development represents a very important step in the collective quest of well-meaning Yoruba people to achieve the goal of dignity and self-determination.
He said those discharged included 14 males and 12 females, including two foreign nationals – a Polish and a Filipino… Read full story, WHO To Identify Animal Source Of COVID-19 ― Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), said the agency will work with relevant organisations to identify the animal source of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) based on Emergency Committee recommendations… Read full story, COVID-19: Workers Won’t Be Retrenched Without Following Due Process, Says Buhari, President Muhammadu Buhari has told workers that despite the expected downturn in the nation’s economy owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government will ensure that workers won’t be retrenched without due process. Ask anyone who has done it before. “As a consequence, their opportunity to participate on the national or international stage is limited and unfair, and they struggle against difficulties in their effort to realise their rights to civil and political participation and to control their own economic, social and cultural development. According to the statement by Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye, the YWC’s Director of Media and Communications, and entitled “Yoruba Nation Gains UNPO Membership,” Akintoye said … Akintoye said UNPO, in a letter addressed to him through the YWC Coordinator for Europe by her. The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, has been honoured as an Icon of... By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) a... VICE Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Apapa Port Access Roads, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, has said that truck drivers... Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, has said that the Commi... By Owei Lakemfa THERE have been wailings among the Nigerian political class over visa restrictions placed on some of the... By Dele Sobowale “Such men fight the campaigns of the future, while all the world around them sleep. Buy and read digital replicas of your TRIBUNE titles by subscribing through E-VENDING, COVID-19: Dokpesi, Daughter-In-Law, Six Other Family Members Test Positive, The founder of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi and his daughter-in-law along with six members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. Protecting Lives is serious business. What to expect from a reality show about the Sussexes – Harry playing Call of Duty while rejecting the call of duty, perhaps? The Yoruba are late comers to the “secession” business, as it were, while the Igbo have been at it for ages, enduring a bitter civil war from 1967 to 1970. President of the Yoruba World Congress, YWC, Banji Akintoye, said this on Tuesday, noting that the latest development represented a very important step in the collective quest of Yoruba people to achieve the goal of dignity and self-determination. The President-General of Yoruba World Congress, Prof Emeritus Banji Akintoye, has said the Yoruba nation has been accepted as the 45th member of the Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organisation. “Membership in UNPO gives our Yoruba nation the privilege of having UNPO work for the protection and advancement of our rights as an indigenous people in Nigeria.

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