Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has called on Yoruba people to shun personal emotions, selfish interests and unite to place the South West in an enviable position it deserves.
Speaking yesterday at the Grand Zonal Congress of South West Youth and Women Leaders in Oshogbo, the Osun State capital, George said Yoruba people can no longer go in different directions.
In the address he titled: “ Truth, Sacrifice, Excellence and the Pathway to the Future”, George said, “Our founding fathers were largely steered by the greater good of the Yoruba nation.
They knew that personal ambition must never eclipse the larger vision of our collective destiny. They knew that bitterness and envy must never be used to corrode the promptings of selflessness and sacrifice. They knew that avarice, malice and deceit can never be appropriated as the building tools of our Omoluabi culture. They knew that no society endures on selfish promptings of the moment. It is an arduous building block of focused service and dedication”.
He urged the Yoruba nation in the build-up to 2019 general election to ensure they established friendship across the nation. “We must build bridges of friendship and cooperation across the vast Nigerian tribal crossroads in order to achieve the best for our people. We must negotiate with our first eleven.
We must work together with those who share our vision of progress to enhance the leadership of our nation. “I want to use this opportunity to appeal to all the sectors of the Nigerian nation to please give fairness and peace a chance to strengthen our national interest,” George said.
On the need for unity among the Yoruba, George stated that: “The Yoruba founding pioneers were indeed representative men and women who came from the furthest reaches of Ekiti, the fertile expanses of Ondoland, 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.
In the address he titled: “ Truth, Sacrifice, Excellence and the Pathway to the Future”, George said, “Our founding fathers were largely steered by the greater good of the Yoruba nation.
They knew that personal ambition must never eclipse the larger vision of our collective destiny. They knew that bitterness and envy must never be used to corrode the promptings of selflessness and sacrifice. They knew that avarice, malice and deceit can never be appropriated as the building tools of our Omoluabi culture. They knew that no society endures on selfish promptings of the moment. It is an arduous building block of focused service and dedication”.
He urged the Yoruba nation in the build-up to 2019 general election to ensure they established friendship across the nation. “We must build bridges of friendship and cooperation across the vast Nigerian tribal crossroads in order to achieve the best for our people. We must negotiate with our first eleven.
We must work together with those who share our vision of progress to enhance the leadership of our nation. “I want to use this opportunity to appeal to all the sectors of the Nigerian nation to please give fairness and peace a chance to strengthen our national interest,” George said.
On the need for unity among the Yoruba, George stated that: “The Yoruba founding pioneers were indeed representative men and women who came from the furthest reaches of Ekiti, the fertile expanses of Ondoland, 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. George said Yoruba must return to the time -tested virtues of their founding fathers. “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 the 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.”
Bode George tells Yoruba to Shun selfish interest against 2019
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