YCE Appeals To Jonathan To Appoint CBN Gov. From South-West

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Yoruba Council of EldersĀ  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 ā€œis the position of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor which will become vacant very soonā€.

ā€œThere are many capable hands of Yoruba extraction both within and out the CBN to take over from the outgoing Governor of the apex bankā€.

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ā€œThe 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.

ā€œTime 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?

ā€œAs 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,ā€ he complained.