From Tony Osauzo, Benin
Benin Consultative Forum (BCF), yesterday, said time has come for the Benin nation to rethink its leadership and re-establish its prime place among the comity of ethnic nationalities in the country.
In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Rasaq Bello, at the end of its inaugural meeting in Benin, the group said the forum was formed to promote the interest of Benin within Nigeria.
“We are, therefore, poised to support our youths, women and the vast majority of the Benin people in all ramifications to reinvent our prime place not only in Edo State but in Nigeria.
“The Forum is set to reach out to the traditional institutions and opinion leaders and well-meaning Edo Benin people across the globe,” the said in the statement.
It said as part of its objectives, the Forum plans to create avenues for reaffirmation of the sterling pedigree of the Benin Nation and its people.
Besides, the statement disclosed a roundtable dialogue was being planned by the Forum at which important matters concerning the forum’s objectives are to be discussed.