ACCORDING to my own calculations, the six core Yoruba states of Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti, Ondo, Osun and Oyo have a total GDP of US$80 billion, which, out of a total national GDP of US$446 billion, constitutes about 20 percent of our national wealth. The bulk of VAT revenues come from those states and most are spent elsewhere. The menace of insecurity in that region is consequently a threat to our long-term economic future, if not nationhood. This is why I welcome the creation of Amotekun (meaning leopard) as a regional outfit to tackle the worsening crisis of insecurity in the Western region.