Afenifere in sorry state, urgent restoration needed – Fasoranti

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has announced that it has begun the process of resolving all the issues that have divided the group in the past two years by reconciling all its members.

Afenifere, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, after a meeting at the Akure residence of its leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, said that the group’s deviation from its core values and tradition had led to the current problems. The group said that it is committed to returning to its roots and upholding its founding principles.

According to Fasoranti, Afenifere needs to be revitalized so that it can be stronger and continue to fulfill its mandate of being the vanguard for the Yoruba people. He emphasized that a committee has been established to achieve reconciliation and unity among members.

The communiqué reads in part: “A noticeable drift away from our core values of consultation, brotherliness, and camaraderie and the traditional process of conducting the business of the organization, upon which our collegial system of leadership is based, has been severely threatened.”

“This threat has been further exacerbated by more recent events, culminating in a fracture of the traditional backbone of the organization. I am sorry to say, without mincing words, that our organization is in a sorry state and requires urgent restoration efforts to steer it away from the current trajectory.”

“Afenifere strongly calls on the Federal Government to make the National Population Commission (NPC) use the same biometric method rather than the manual method that is prone to abuse, as has happened several times in the past, for the coming census.”