The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has appealed to Nigeria’s Ambassador Designate to Jamaica, Belize, Haiti and Dominican Republic, Dr. Maureen Tamuno, to help reunite people of black descent scattered across the Caribbean with their kinsmen in Nigeria.

Ooni Ogunwusi made the call on Thursday at his Ile Oodua Palace in Ile-Ife while playing host to Maureen who was on a courtesy visit.

The first class monarch explained that Nigerians, particularly the Yoruba race, have a lot in common with those in the Caribbean, as most of them were transported to that part of the world during the days of slavery after which they naturalised to become citizens of those countries.

In his words, “Our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean need us so much just as we need them too. Asking them back does not necessarily mean they should leave the Caribbean and start living with us permanently but there are lots of things we can do together in terms of trade and cultural exchange.”

“While considering these responsibilities, I am happy to know that our good daughter, the ambassador, is a cultured scholar who is prepared to do us proud. She understands the terrain and I am sure about her ability to perform optimally”, he added.

Earlier in her address, the Ambassador Designate revealed that her courtesy visit was beyond being ceremonial but a channel to further have first-hand information about the prestigious Yoruba culture.

“What I am seeing here is so massive and I am so overwhelmed by the display of culture. The only time I saw something like this was on television and I am impressed to find out that they exist in real life here in Ile-Ife, the source of mankind.

“One of the challenges in our quest to unite Nigerians with those in the Caribbean is the unavailability of direct flight, we had to go through some countries which is unusually stressful and expensive. However, I am glad to inform you that the impediment has been removed as we now have direct flights from here to that part of the world.

“We already have Nigerians doing well in the Caribbean, in fact the Nigerian-Jamaican president is a Yoruba man and a host of others”, Dr. Maureen stated.

The Chairman of Bakassi nearby authorities council, Hon Iyadim Iyadim has disclosed that the struggle for supremacy as to who controls PDP became liable for the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of cross River, chairmen, counsellors and other appointees from the party to the APC.

Speaking to BLENKAS in Calabar, Hon Iyadim regretted the defection however admitted, “That changed into the ultimate resort, there has been not anything we should do.

Leadership disaster in the party became chargeable for what you notice in PDP. As a way as we are worried, PDP did not longer deliver Gov Ayade the possibility to guide the party the manner he wanted.

It was given to a stage that we, the chairmen needed to fly to Abuja to talk to the country wide secretariat, but nothing critically turned into accomplished.

Remember the fact that this crisis started out after the wards and neighborhood government congresses, and it become supposed to comply with up with nation and country wide convention, but there was crisis here and there and the only in cross River state changed into very prominent.

We made all efforts, preached all of the gospels however the countrywide meeting contributors divided the party and the governor turned into extra or less handled as a stranger,” he said.

Hon Iyadim pointed out that all the chairmen have moved with the governor to APC. We moved the day the governor defected.

The governor met with all of the counsellors within the country and in addition they declared their helps for him and the APC.

You know the way the enterprise works, that chairmen cannot move and depart the counsellors in the back of, that may be a truth”.

Hon Iyadim said there were efforts to get the list of congresses harmonized however that by no means passed off, pointing out that politics is ready relevance and popularity, and that whilst you are not apprehend and made to be inappropriate where humans see you as no person, you're sure to find your level, now CRS has changed or converted from PDP kingdom to APC state and we aren't going returned”.