Allocate 90% Of Job Opportunities To Yoruba People In Southwest Nigeria, Other Yoruba-Speaking Areas, Group’s Poster Tells Companies, AgenciesThe group stated this on a poster with the caption “Yoruba Jobs for Yoruba People: It is called Self Preservation.
The group stated this on a poster with the caption “Yoruba Jobs for Yoruba People: It is called Self Preservation.”On the poster which has gone viral on the internet, the group wrote, “This is a notice to all companies, government agencies, and businesses in Yorubaland to give 90% of their employment to the Yoruba people first and foremost.“Yorubaland includes Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti and the Yoruba speaking LGAs in Kwara ; Kogi ; Delta and Akoko-Edo LGA in Edo State.
The convener and President of YYF is Adeyinka Grandson, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in 2022 for promoting racial hatred. In August 2019, the UK-based Grandson was arrested in London over his social media posts targeted against some ethnic groups in Nigeria.Grandson was however later released on bail on the condition that he would not make any comments or posts to threaten or abuse any ethnic group in Nigeria.
Grandson was later found guilty of inciting racial hatred and sentenced to four and a half years in prison.However, the latest racial inciting order from Grandson’s group comes after reported ethnic profiling and attacks on Igbo people in Lagos State during the 2023 general elections. Some Igbo people were threatened and prevented from voting in the 2023 general elections in the state.