The Chairman, Council of Elders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, said this on Saturday.
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If Nigeria was not so strong, years of looting and embezzlement would have made her collapse collectively. Former UK prime Minister David Cameron was famed to have once said that if the amount of money stolen from Nigeria in the last 30 years was stolen from the UK, the UK would cease to exist.
We need to refine ourselves as a people. Our mantra as Yorubas is omoluabi (a people full of character and virtues), a virtuous people, a dignified nation. But let’s be truthful, there is scarcity of omoluabi right now across Yorubaland.
The Yorubas in the two states made this known through a body, Kwara South Consultative Forum.
Oba Adeyemi made the call during a visit to Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun in his country home, Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state.
The former president said that the purpose of establishing RUOP was to foster unity and assist the less privileged among Owu people and Yoruba in general.