No less than 130 pan-Yoruba groups will gather in Lagos on Wednesday to discuss the state of the nation amid the economic crisis, insecurity, hardship and calls for cessation from different groups in the country.
A statement on Saturday by the General Secretary of the coalition setting up the meeting, Popoola Ajayi, stated that leaders from civil rights and community-based organisations from Ekiti, Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Kwara, Delta and Edo states will be in attendance at the meeting.
Ajayi said the summit which will be hosted under the theme ‘Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria: The Role of Non-state Actors,’ is expected to draw over 1,500 participants including the media, professional groups and representatives of the South-West state governors among others.
“Leaders of Yoruba associations in West African Coast and Northern, Middle Belt and South Eastern Nigeria will be attending the event,” Ajayi said.
“AYDM coalition members include but are not limited to South West Professional, (SOWPROF); O’odua Peoples Congress, (OPC); Agbekoya; South-West Farmers Forum,(SWFAF); United Itsekiri Peoples Congress, (UIPC).
“Others include ANAMMACO, representing Okada Riders in the South West; South West Students Coalition, (SWSC); O’odua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC); Yoruba Community Association in Northern Nigeria, (YOCANN); Ilaje Peoples Assembly; Igbimo Omo Oodua in Diaspora, Nigerian Automobile Technicians Association, (NATA), with some 5million registered members of mechanics established in 1953.
‘We also have Covenant Group of South-West Professionals (SOWPROF); Association of Yoruba Communities in West Africa (AYOCWA); Yoruba Artisan and Traders Association, (NATA); O’odua International Democratic Movement, (OIDEM); O’odua Muslim-Christian Dialogue Group,(OIDEM) among many others,” he added.
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