Chief Bode George, has warned that the Yoruba may become irrelevant in
Nigeria.
He said this is because its people are too much hindered by parochial
pursuits to the detriment of the greater vision of the tribe.
He called on the Yoruba people to return to the good old days when
hard work and perseverance were treasured over the lazy recourse to
the easy ways.
He called on Yoruba sons and daughters to unite and shun selfish
interests in order to remain a formidable and relevant part of
Nigeria.
George said this in Osogbo on Tuesday at the Grand Zonal Congress of
the South-West Youth and Women Leaders.
According to him, Yoruba leaders could no longer choose to go in
different directions due to distrust and selfishness and still expect
the race to tower above others.
George said, "The Yoruba founding pioneers were indeed representative
of men and women who came from the furthest reaches of Ekiti, the
fertile expanses of Ondo land, the streams and waters of Osun, the
forests and thickets of Oyo and the mountainous ranges of the Atlantic
shores.
"Today, we occupy an inevitable position in the Nigerian firmament
because we are now too much self-absorbed. We are too much hindered by
parochial pursuits to the detriment of the greater Yoruba vision. We
have dismantled the collective oneness which once gave us the cutting
edge advantage in the past.
"We must return to the sacred dignities of old where personal
ambitions were restrained by humility. We must return to the
instinctive patriotic zeal that insists on sacrifice and selfless
service. We must return to the good old days when hard work and
perseverance were treasured over the lazy recourse to the easy ways.
"We can no longer afford to be going in different directions. That
will not get us anywhere. It will always result in confusion and
chaos. It will always result in aimlessness and forfeiture. As we push
and pull in different ways, we become weaker and invariably enfeebled
without any relevance, without any cogent achievements."
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