Ekiti, Osun polls: Yoruba youths to engage governors on accounts March 27

Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba, the Grand Council of Yoruba Youths, will hold the sixth edition of Yoruba youth leadership summit, titled: Gbangbadekun on March 27.

The event, which will hold at the Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja, the Lagos State will begin at 10 a.m.

A statement by the National President of Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba, Awa Bamiji, said Gbangbadekun is designed to engage the two outgoing governors of Osun and Ekiti states – Rauf Aregbesola and Ayodele Fayose – on their accounts of stewardship ahead of the governorship polls in their states later this year.

The topic: Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba: Abo Mi Ree! (Grand Council of Yoruba Youths: My Scorecard), will be delivered by both governors.

The chief host is Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, while Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu is the chairman of occasion.

Children of the past Yoruba leaders, including Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, Mr Tokunbo Ajasin, Bayo Abraham-Adesanya and Muyiwa Ige, are guests of honour.

The Royal Fathers of the Day are: the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III and the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.

Afenifere Leader, Chief Reuben Fashoranti and and his deputy, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, will be the special guests of honour.

The Father of the Day is the Yoruba Council of Elders’ President General, Pa Idowu Sofola while Prof Sophie Oluwole will be the Mother of the Day.

Odu’a National Awards, in form of carved Ori Olokun, will be bestowed on three eminent Yoruba personalities – Chief Reuben Fashoranti, as Agba Akin Ti Ile Odu’a; Pa Idowu Sofola, as Baba Eto Ti Ile Odu’a and Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba, Aare Gani Adams, as Ajagungbade Ti Ile Odu’a.

The statement added: “We are using this summit to bring together members of Afenifere, Yoruba Council of Elders, Yoruba Unity Forum, Yoruba self-determination groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society organisations (CSOs), community-based organisations (CBOs), National Youth Council and National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the Southwest and participate in a very sensitive and intellectual issue that concerns everybody in the region. This can be best described as Yoruba Unity Summit in honour of this two outgoing governors.”

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