Yorubas Are Begging Jonathan For ''Governor Of C.B.N'' Position.

A group of Yoruba group known as Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE led by Dr Dejo Raimi a PDP chieftain is begging President Goodluck Jonathan to compensate the South West by appointing one of its own as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The body said, if heeded, the president would have assuaged the feeling of the Yorubas over the loss of the position of the Speaker, House of Representatives.
Speaking through its National Treasurer, Dr. Dejo Raimi, YCE recalled that the president promised to compensate the zone when they visited him in Abuja to complain about alleged marginalisation of the zone in the distribution of political appointments.
Dr. Raimi, said the position of the Yorubas in the current political dispensation was not commensurate with the contributions they made towards the emergence of the current administration.He pointed out that the president could redeem his promise now that the position of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor “will become vacant very soon”.

“There are many capable hands of Yoruba extraction, both within and outside the CBN to take over from the outgoing Governor of the apex bank”, he said.

“The Yorubas are being marginalized and it is glaring to everybody, including Mr. President. He promised that he would compensate us with other appointments that would shore up our position among the comity of geo-political zones in the country.
“Time is running out and that is why the YCE is reminding him. It is highly unfortunate that the zone does not feature in the first 10 topmost positions in the country presently and the question to ask is that what offence did we commit as a people? he quipped.

“As a people, we are not happy that we are being treated like third class citizens in a country we have put much into”, Raimi added.