Do You Agree? Igbo, Yoruba Have Common Enmity Against Hausa – Tanko Yakasai

An elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has said the agitation for restructuring was borne out of the hatred the Yoruba and Igbo have for the Hausa.

He said it was a Yoruba agenda promoted by uninformed Igbo people in order to destabilize the country.

Yakasai said the agitation was another attempt to foment trouble in the country

He said this at a public lecture organized by Africa Research and Development Agency, ARADA, in Kano.

His words, “Restructuring, as many other problematic concepts, was conceived by Afenifere, an offshoot of Action Group, to destabilize the country.

“It is upon those who are agitating for restructuring to tell Nigerians the real meaning of restructuring. For example, how will Nigeria look like after restructuring? What is your fate?

“If restructuring means constitutional amendments, there is laid down the procedure for constitutional amendment, because the constitutional amendment is being conducted through elected representatives and the North by virtue of its population has the higher number of representatives, that is why they are afraid to call for the constitutional amendment.

“Some people are advocating we should adopt the 1962 Constitution. To the best of my knowledge, the 1962 Constitution recognized four regions. Now we have six geopolitical regions. But they failed to explain which regions should be retained or merged.”

“If the Igbo, who lost their wealth during the Nigerian civil war emerged prosperous and presently own 70 percent of Lagos industries, the North has no cause to fear any threat from other parts of the country.

“During the civil war, regional governments took over landed properties belonging to Igbos in their respective regions. But in Kano and entire Northern part, the landed properties were handed over to the Igbos after the civil war.

“In Kano, a committee was constituted under the leadership of Dr Uba Adamu who renovated Igbo properties vandalized during the civil war and returned them to Igbos after the war. But their properties in Port Harcourt were not given to them till date.

On why he supported Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 against Muhammadu Buhari, Yakasai said, “I supported Jonathan during the national conference, though I have never met him.

“Igbo and Yoruba have common enmity against Hausa. There is a need to establish the relationship with Southern minorities because we share the similar fate.

“Niger Delta has petroleum resources, North has human resources but they are lagging behind the West and the East in terms of education and economy.”

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