…Says government has to recognise the nations diversity
A former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, Thursday, has observed that lack of equity,justice and fairness in the way the nation is governed as responsible for agitations for separate countries.
In an interview with newsmen in his Ibadan residence after observing the Eid prayers,he spoke of the need for government to take the nations adversity into consideration in the running of the country to ensure her unity.
In the same vein, he urged those behind self determination of Yoruba to exercise caution, as the agitation might degenerate into war if not well managed.
Addressing newsmen at his Bodija, Ibadan residence, after observing the Eid prayers to commemorate the end of the Ramadan fast, the former governor called for more religious tolerance and fairness, justice, especially in making political appointments.
Ladoja said: “Some parts of the country feel cheated in the appointment into some offices in the country.
The country will collapse when we have incompetent people in power. “We are a federation and not a mono-language or mono-ethnic country. We deserve the policies that make us strong, even with our diversities, but that seems to be our weakness.
That is why people are looking for other options in terms of restructuring and dissolution.
“And when that is the practice, it means the best of men are not in position and when you have people that are not competent running a system, the system will at the end of the day collapse. Let’s only hope that Nigeria will survive.”
Appealing to those beating the drums of war, the former governor said: “People only know the beginning of wars, but many don’t know how it ends. Some of the agitators for the Yoruba Nation don’t even know what it means.
“Nobody knows how the war in Syria started and it took years they have to take it easy. There will be a time when God will give us good leaders, and there will also be the time God will give us leaders that are not as good. If we want to go because of our challenges, we may need to sit down and talk things out on the way to go.
“When people are agitating, who says those in the North are not planning to go too? But let’s assume that people in the South are talking too much, while people in the North are acting too much.”
