By Chesa Chesa
An umbrella association for all Yoruba living in Colorado, United States of America – Yoruba Ni Colorado (YNC) – has thrown its weight behind the reelection of President Bola Tinubu in 2027 and declared that “there is no vacancy in Aso Rock”.
The group made the declaration on Tuesday in Abuja during its visit to the Tinubu Support Group (TSG) and presentation of Certificate of Excellence to Director-General of TSG, Dr. Umar Yakasai.
President of YNC, Dr. Adetola Obiwole who said her team was in Nigeria with a medical team to provide services to some underserved communities, made a case for the National Assembly to change the electoral laws to allow for Diaspora voting.
“We restate our unalloyed support for the president, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and we are using this medium to urge the National Assembly to speed up work on legislations that would guarantee diaspora voting”, she said.
General Secretary of YNC, Prince George Sotade declared the support of Nigerians in diaspora, particularly, the Yoruba nation for President Tinubu, saying “we don’t need to talk too much. There is no vacancy in the Villa. Anybody running around is just doing that to bring more votes for us, for Asiwaju. The TSG is doing a good job in getting votes for Asiwaju.
“This visit is to let the world know that the Yoruba nation in US and by extension all Nigerians in US are behind Asiwaju”.
While accept his award of excellence, Dr. Yakasai thanked the group for coming to give back to the country, noting that “some Nigerians when they travel, they forget home and think that they are in developed countries and so don’t want to associate with the rest of us here.”
Yakasai praised them for their excellent works in the US, saying it was unfortunate that people tend to focus on the few bad eggs giving Nigerians a bad name in other countries as opposed to the majority of hardworking Nigerians doing great in their various fields.
He recalled how the group also supported Tinubu in 2023, thanking the members for remaining consistent in their beliefs, even as he urged them to mobilize to come home and vote for his reelection.
He also called on medical personnel in the Diaspora to develop advanced mentorship programme for young Nigerian medical professionals in the country, with a view to halting medical tourism and expanding requisite human capital in the country.
