Afenifere commends Nigerians for tolerating hardship as country clocks 64

The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has commended Nigerians for their enduring spirit as the nation continues to express hardship and  expressed optimism that things should take a better shape soonest.

Penpushing reports that this  was contained in the message by the  leader of Afenifere, Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, as the country attained 64 years of independence noting that although the country is going through a challenging moment, there is the need to acknowledge the modest progress being made since we attained independence.

The statement issued by National Publicity Secretary of the body Comrade Jare Ajayi explained that mentioned in this respect were the fact that Nigeria remains as one country in spite of the civil war that was fought as well as some other internal crises that have taken place in the last 64 years.

“This point is worthy of note when one remembers that some countries with which Nigeria took off around the same time have split into two or three. In this wise, Afenifere is calling on all players in the political field at all levels to ensure that they act in ways that make Nigerians to have a sense of belonging in democracy by implementing policies that make the people to count”, Fasoranti stated

Penpushing further reports that the statement went further to appreciate the fact that the country has been operating an unbroken civil rule since 1999, pointing out that since this is the longest time that the democratic practice had not been broken for this long, it is worth acknowledging with a view to ensuring that it is sustained.

The group on  the plan rally by some Nigerians to express their feelings on the socio-economic situation in the country through some activities on October 1, Afenifere said such should be done in a peaceful manner without looting or causing any damage to property and without harming anybody.

Penpushing also reports that the mainstream Yoruba organization said that it is the right of the people to do and equally called on the Nigerian government to do more in the areas of security, agriculture, education, economy and increase its efforts at ensuring that available infrastructure function while also working on providing more.

“State governments are also urged to do more in infrastructure and service delivery particularly in those areas that there is no constitutional inhibition for them.  The local governments too should be alive to their responsibilities now that they are having fiscal autonomy so that people’s welfare can improve tremendously”, the statement emphasised