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Proper Restructuring Will Be Achieved Under Buhari — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says restructuring the country will be better achieved under the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Yekini Nabena, acting spokesman of the APC, said this while reacting to the debate between Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.
Nabena said the ruling party believes that good, sincere and purposeful leadership at all levels “will propel the country to its deserved heights”.
“Sincere efforts towards achieving true federalism are more important than politically-exploited populist rhetoric which achieve nothing,” he said in a statement.
“With emphasis on practicability, constitutionality and reality, we are confident that true federalism or restructuring as some will like to call it will be better achieved under the President Buhari-led APC administration.”
Backing Osinbajo’s view, the spokesman said Nigeria does not need geographic restructuring but good governance.
Nabena said Nigerians must not surrender to “ethnic champions who promote campaigns to breakup the country into tiny bits or other unrealistic and unpatriotic proposals in the name of restructuring to solve our problems as a country.”
“Osinbajo in his well-articulated response to Atiku, submitted that what Nigeria requires now is not geographic restructuring but good governance, honest management of public resources, deeper fiscal Federalism and a clear vision for development.
“The APC cannot agree more with Prof. Osinbajo. It must be said that the calls for restructuring by many politicians is often time a populist and opportunistic ploy to latch on and politically exploit simplistic public narratives on the panacea to Nigeria’s problems and not necessarily for its realism and practicability.
“Past administrations have splashed billions of public funds to convene several national conferences, subsequently left conference reports to gather dust and achieved nothing. Bad governance, corruption, bigotry and other ills remain the limiting factors that continue to hold the country back.”
According to him, a well-articulated roadmap to ensure a “well secured, better governed Nigeria with equitable distribution of resources within the component federating units, is being given serious attention.”
“Recall that the APC set up a committee on true federalism under the chairmanship of the Kaduna state governor, mallam Nasir El-Rufai. The Committee submitted its report to the immediate-past National Working Committee, making its recommendations on twenty four items that Nigerians expressed views to balance our federation.
“These items are: creation of states; merger of states; delegation principle; fiscal federalism; devolution of power and resources between state, federal and local governments; federating units; form of government; independent candidacy; land tenure system; local government autonomy; power sharing and rotation; resource control; types of legislature; demand for affirmation for vulnerable groups — people with disabilities, women and youth; ministerial appointment; citizenship; state constitution; community participation; minimum wage; governance; judiciary; state re-alignment and border adjustment; circular status of the federation and referendum.
“A practical approach to implement the committees report is being considered by the federal government.”
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 6:25 pm
Scam
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 6:24 pm
Not after election but before
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 6:19 pm
May God punish u with ur APC,restructuring
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 6:19 pm
with cattle colonies.
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 6:14 pm
How?
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 5:58 pm
Liars and deceivers government of zoo named Nigeria
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 5:52 pm
Shameless LIARS. Restructuring before elections or after?
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 5:51 pm
For dream
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 5:48 pm
We have seen over restructuring thanks
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 5:43 pm
Nigeria is a failed state,go to hell with your fraudulent restructure.
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 5:18 pm
Propaganda APC if so why u people is against atiku for saying it
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 5:11 pm
A.P.C 419 liars
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 4:55 pm
Is over due.
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 4:53 pm
scam never and never APC keee neveroooooooooo……….. Holy ghost fire ………….a………
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 4:45 pm
Fake news. Com
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 4:45 pm
Before 2019 elections God will intervene and what will happen will shock the party
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 4:38 pm
Deceivers and liars
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 4:24 pm
Crazy people
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 3:57 pm
Criminals APC
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 3:52 pm
Criminals and thieves
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 3:51 pm
Useless people
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 3:36 pm
Falsehood
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 3:35 pm
Thunder fire u and ur family
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 3:33 pm
Super story,they wan deceive us again
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 3:25 pm
Shameless deceivers
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 3:18 pm
One chance
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 2:43 pm
Liars
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 2:42 pm
Big lie
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Useless government
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 2:09 pm
Will?
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 2:08 pm
APCCC.Lie don start again o. Which one is proper,and which one is improper
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 2:01 pm
Lies
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 1:59 pm
Liars
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 1:57 pm
But buhari promised to rule only one tenure, or does it mean dat buhari doesn’t fulfill promise? Den y making more promises on top of unfulfill promises? pls u can stil try d yorubas may b you can still fool dem again.
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 1:30 pm
Apc doesn’t have shame.Was this not one of their campaign lies last time? Wait oooooo this thing is no longer ordinary.What does these old men think we are? Why are they just keeping more than 200 million souls in bondage? Nature will never forgive any body that will vote for apc again.Last time buhari was bragging that he can trek,I began to ask myself what does trekking of an old man contribute to the economy while as at abroad old men and women older than him would wake up as early as 5am and run as an exercise.Apc have nothing to offer
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 1:29 pm
For where?
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 1:23 pm
Fake promise, we can’t be deceived this time around.
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 1:09 pm
how long shall this Fulani terrorist government last with their agent of terror apc Buhari lifeless president of Fulani headsmen terrorist group???
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 1:05 pm
There they goes again. Same promise they made in their first campaign promises. No atom of repentance or remorse.
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:51 pm
God punish you Apc members and Buhari. Most wanted criminals
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:50 pm
We BIAFRANS don’t need restructuring just only referendum that’s all
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:50 pm
Nonsense fools
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:44 pm
This people can lie more than Lie Mohammad
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:43 pm
YOU FOOLS ARE IN SERIOUSLY CONFUSED.
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:35 pm
Rubbish! May death destroy all of you! Association of Past Criminals
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:29 pm
Shame to all apc killers u people have finish the zoo called Nigeria
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:27 pm
AFRICA NEEDS YOUNG LEADERS AND A NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS!
What has Buhari done for Nigerians? He was promising heaven and earth, but when he became president. He disappeared to London. If you love your country! And you know your sick. Why become a president? Now where is all the promises? If your going to run again. Will you promise the same promises or new promises? All of you African President. Stop playing with Africans. One day we will get enough of you!
Some of our African presidents has betrayed us and looted the continent . Left us with nothing but to find our ways, which comes with rape, killings, drowning in European waters. Raped in Arabs countries as if we don’t have our own continent. They have let us to suffer yet Africa is so rich. Look at Nigerian oil and taxes they correct from you, and billions they correct from China. Grants of millions of dollars they get for free from the West and yet A black race goes hungry. Neglected. Young men raped by Some Arabs. Long journeys of our young men and women through Sahara. Jails in Russia, hanged in China, oh boy. Children of Africa it’s time to wake up and help each other to get back our countries. Otherwise. We will be bought and deleted! Museveni must go and all the bad dictators.
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:23 pm
[10/09, 13:00] Issy4Easy: CHIEF OLU FALAE SPOKE THE MINDS OF HONEST AND PROGRESSIVE NIGERIANS- THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA IS ALL ABOUT .
This beautiful piece by Chief Olu Falae is for for the education of the hypocrtitical, genocidal, fake-prayer warrior, ICC bound war criminal called Gowon and other mischievous Nigerians , who pretend that they do not understand what restructuring is all about. This is 100% my position. God bless you Chief.
FOR THOSE STILL GREEKED BY THE TERM, THIS IS THE MEANING OF RESTRUCTURING AS CANVASSED BY SOUTHERN NIGERIA BY~Chief Olu Falae
You know I am a leader in the South West and at the National convention, I was elected as the leader of the Yoruba delegation. So, I am central to the Yoruba position. The Yoruba position is my position and it is the same position I canvassed in my book, ‘The way forward for Nigeria’ which I launched since 2005 in Lagos. What we mean by restructuring is going back to the Independence Constitution which our leaders negotiated with the British between 1957 and 1959. It was on that basis that the three regions agreed to go to Independence as one united country. So, it was a negotiated constitution. This is because, if the three regions were not able to agree, there would not have been one united independent Nigeria. But because the three regions at that time negotiated and agreed to package a constitution, that is why they agreed to go to Independence together. When the military came in 1966 and threw away the constitution, they threw away the negotiated agreement among the three regions, which was the foundation of a united Nigeria.
So, the military did not only throw away the constitution but a political consensus negotiated and agreed by our leaders of the three regions in those days. When we say restructuring now, we are saying let us go back substantially to that constitution which gave considerable autonomy to the regions. For example, each region at that time collected its revenue and contributed the agreed proportion to the centre. But when the military came, they turned it round and took everything to the centre. That could not have been accepted by Ahmadu Bello, Nnamdi Azikiwe or Obafemi Awolowo.
This constitution we are using was made by late Gen Sani Abacha and the military; and Abacha came from only one part of Nigeria, so he wrote a constitution that favoured his own part of Nigeria. That is why I am saying, let us restructure and go back to what all of us agreed before. That is the meaning of restructuring. The regions used to be federating units, but in today’s Nigeria, they would now be called federal regions because states have been created in the regions. So in the West, you now have federation of Yoruba states which would belong to the Nigerian union at the centre. So, it is not like the region of old with all the powers. No. It is now going to be a coordinator of the states in the zone. That is what we mean by restructuring. And the regions would have a considerable autonomy as they used to have. For example, for the younger people, they may not know that every region then had its own constitution.
There were four constitutions at independence –the Federal constitution, Western constitution, Eastern constitution and Northern constitution. That was how independent they were and every region had an ambassador in London. The ambassadors for the regions were called Agent General so that you do not confuse them with that of Nigeria then called High Commissioner. So, Nigeria had four ambassadors in London. The ambassador for Nigeria then called a High Commissioner was M.T Mbu. The ambassador for Eastern Nigeria then was Mr Jonah Chinyere Achara, Western Nigeria was Mr Omolodun and for Northern Nigeria, it was Alhaji Abdulmalik. There were four of them. That was the kind of arrangement we agreed to, but the military threw it away and gave us this over-centralised unitary constitution. So, we said this is not acceptable any more; we must go back to the negotiated constitution which gave considerable autonomy to the regions, so that they can compete in a healthy manner. For example, Chief Obafemi Awolowo wanted to introduce free education in the West and other regions said they could not afford it, but he went ahead to introduce it in the Western region. He said he wanted to pay a minimum of five shillings a day, while others were paying two and three shillings. He went ahead and passed the law, making five shillings the minimum wage in Western Nigeria.
There was no problem with that. In Western Nigeria, the constitution provided for a House of Assembly and the House of Chiefs. In Eastern Nigeria, there was no House of Chiefs because they did not think they needed one. There was no problem with that and that is the kind of Nigeria we negotiated in London, but that is different from what we have today. So, we are saying let us go back to that arrangement which all of us agreed at independence and not what Abacha imposed on us, which is very partial, unfair and one-sided. That is the meaning of restructuring; it is to restructure unfairness and give semi-autonomy to the federating units.
Chief Olu False is a leading Yoruba leader and was Head of the Southwest Delegation to the Jonathan National Constitutional Conference.
NB: PLEASE HELP TO SHARE THIS PIECE WIDELY. EVEN THE DEVILS MUST BE FORCED TO READ THIS PIECE. THIS IS THE ONLY REDEMPTIVE WAY OUT FOR NIGERIA. EVERYOTHER THING WILL NEVER WORK copied
[10/09, 13:02] Issy4Easy: Perfect!
This is the solution to our problems in Nigeria.
It will prevent the breakup of the country and go a long way to dampen IPOB’s agitation.
Each regions of the federation can therefore develop in their own pace, ambitions and aspirations.
Long live Nigeria!
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 5:01 pm
Adekunle Issy Akande pkz send this to my in box
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:21 pm
Thieves
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:24 pm
Wailer, let’s talk. How market?
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:37 pm
Usman M Kallamu Stupor
Anonymous
September 10, 2018 at 12:52 pm
Usman M Kallamu Buhari APC led failed government how far with your campaign promises,it is already three years?How many refineries? I heard that you are still paying subsidy, is it true? You said no more foreign medical trip,did you keep it? You promised constant power supply in 6 months, how far? I heard that Boko boys killed 52 Nigerian soldiers last week.. So did you finish them in 6 months as you promised? If so, where did this ones come from? Where can I get N1 to $1 as you promised? You already borrowed $11.8billion in 3 years for infrastructure, where are they? I think we need a breath of fresh air