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Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has stated that it was yet to take a stand on the lingering issue of restructuring of Nigeria. The Director-General of the Forum, Yima Sen was among the speakers at the Handshake Across Nigeria summit titled, ‘Nigeria beyond oil’, organised by Nzuko Umunna and The Core Federalists, which took place in […]
Continue ReadingWhen 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 […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians in diaspora that ‘there are too many people talking lazily about restructuring’ in Nigeria. Buhari who is in France for the Paris Peace Forum, spoke during his interactive session with the Nigerian community, made up of Nigerian Diaspora Organization, NIDO, All Progressives Congress, APC, members in France, students […]
Continue ReadingThe debate for restructuring Nigeria along the path of a weaker and leaner central government and more autonomous and stronger federating units has been ongoing for some time. Although there has been no consensus about the exact contours of the restructuring process, especially whether states have to remain as they are, or some states will […]
Continue ReadingClearly Nigerians are now seriously marching towards the 2019 general elections scheduled to hold in February. The parties have conducted their primaries, though there are lingering issues arising from the conduct of the exercise in some parties. And Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has foreclosed the issue of candidates following its steadfast stand on the […]
Continue ReadingEx-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 […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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 […]
Continue ReadingYoruba 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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