Oodua group holds colloquium on national conference

[Mirror]

The Oodua Development Initiative, a group of political activists, businessmen/women, academics and professionals from diverse fields from the states of Yoruba nation, will on tomorrow, hold a colloquium on the national conference.

The colloquium, under the theme: "National Conference: True Federalism and the Yoruba Nation" will hold at the Premier Hotel, Ibadan by 10.30am. In a release issued by the Protem Secretary-General of the group; Mr. Sanya Adesua, the group said the colloquium is part of efforts towards setting a concrete agenda for the Yoruba nation for productive participation at the proposed national conference.

It will be chaired by Chief Ebenezer Babatope, a onetime Nigerian Transport Minister.

Discussants at the forum include: Prof. Ayo Olukotun, a media expert and professor of Political Communication, Prof. Tayo Adesina, a historical economist and Mr. Yinka Odumakin, the Publicity Secretary of Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG).

The colloquium will be moderated by a political scientist and an accomplished newspaper columnist, Prof. Alade Fawole.

In another development, a non-governmental organisation, the United Youth for Democracy (UYD), at the weekend, enjoined the Federal Government to ensure that the national dialogue is concerned with how to improve the country economically, socially and politically, saying to do otherwise, will just be another wasteful exercise.

The UYD, which said this in a release signed by the Chairman, Comrade Kehinde Ojuawo and the Secretary, Comrade Ayotunde Rahaman Fajinmi, also called on members of the Council of State and the National Assembly to intervene in the lingering dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the protracted ASUU strike.