{"id":49587,"date":"2021-09-05T18:05:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=49587"},"modified":"2021-09-05T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T16:44:09","slug":"biafra-yoruba-nation-unserious-people-agitation-for-breakup-oyetola-blasts-nnamdi-kanu-igboho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-yoruba-nation-unserious-people-agitation-for-breakup-oyetola-blasts-nnamdi-kanu-igboho","title":{"rendered":"Biafra, Yoruba nation: Unserious people agitation for breakup \u2013 Oyetola blasts Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on Sunday criticized those agitating for Yoruba nation and Biafra Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Oyetola said those agitation for secession are \u201cunserious\u201d people.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Forum, Oyetola harped on Nigeria\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor said he believes in the economic restructuring for more economic and political powers to get to state governments, rather than a total breakup of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: By the time you wake up, Nigeria\u2019s breakup would have happened \u2013 Giwa to Buhari<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWhat I believe in is that for us to live together as a people, every unit of the enclave should have rights and responsibilities clearly defined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, restructuring does not mean that people should separate. Whoever is thinking along that line is not serious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come a long way, and it is togetherness that can make us get to where we are supposed to be within the space in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Governor said states should push for devolution of powers rather than subscribing to the agitation for secession.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari\u2019s presidency may cause Nigeria\u2019s breakup \u2013 Aisha Yesufu<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in devolution of power to the states, let the states have more power to do most of the things they have been doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive the states more support, and I believe we should look at the issue of revenue allocation. We should allow the states to have more funds to develop some of the things they have,\u201d Oyetola said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on Sunday criticized those agitating for Yoruba nation and Biafra Republic. Oyetola said those agitation for secession are \u201cunserious\u201d people. Featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Forum, Oyetola harped on Nigeria\u2019s unity. The Governor said he believes in the economic restructuring for more economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,550,3102,254,625,1371,3573],"class_list":["post-49587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-biafra","tag-igboho","tag-nigeria","tag-nnamdi-kanu","tag-oyetola","tag-yoruba-nation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biafra, Yoruba nation: Unserious people agitation for breakup \u2013 Oyetola blasts Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on Sunday criticized those agitating for Yoruba nation and Biafra Republic. 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