Restructuring: Keeping Up With Osinbajo, By Akin Osuntokun

When the advocacy for the constitutional review of Nigeria towards achieving the objective of devolution and decentralisation of power (aka restructuring) is cast as ‘meaning different things to different advocates’ the clear insinuation is that the debate is mired in confusion. Often, those who take recourse to this admonition are ideologically hostile to any progressive […]

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APC aligns with Osinbajo on restructuring

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has joined the renewed debate on restructuring by aligning with Vice President Yemi Osibanjo’s position that Nigeria needs good and accountable governance more than the rhetoric of restructuring. The party said that as part of its practical approach to implementing restructuring, its committee’s report on restructuring was being considered by […]

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“Restructuring is a necessity, not an option,” again, Atiku replies Osinbajo

Ex-Nigerian Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has again responded to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s open letter as the debate over restructuring of Nigeria continues. Firing back within a few hours to Osinbajo’s open letter, Abubakar Atiku, in a statement entitled: “Restructuring is a necessity, not an option” stated that faced with an avalanche of public […]

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Atiku, Osinbajo fight over Nigeria’s restructuring

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Tuesday, responded to a statement credited to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar faulting his (Osinbajo) stance on the restructuring of Nigeria. At a town hall meeting in the United States of America, Osinbajo had said the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring but prudent management of national resources. Atiku, on […]

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Afenifere hits Osinbajo for saying restructuring is not Nigeria’s problem

Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has strongly frowned at a recent statement credited to Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, over the issue of the restructuring of the country. Osinbajo had been quoted in the media that the problem of the country was not restructuring but about managing resources properly and providing for the people. The group said […]

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Osinbajo queries eras from Babangida to Jonathan how they spent oil money

Nigerian vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has queried how money accrued from Nigerian oil was spent by previous successive administrations. Osinbajo mentioned former presidents like Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, Olusegun Obasanjo and up to Goodluck Jonathan, while answering questions from Nigerians at a town hall meeting in Minnesota, United States on Sunday, according to a […]

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