Calls For Restructuring In Nigeria

Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has said President Muhammadu Buhari should consider paying attention to the issue of restructuring in his second term.

Anthony Sani, the secretary-general of the Arewa Consultative Forum, explained that the group rejected Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party because of his position on restructuring and his plan to sell national assets.

The retired diplomat, however, opined that to address the issue, Nigeria must restructure, even as he pleaded with the federal government to reconsider its stance on the call for restructuring and return to true federalism.

The deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu has said the restructuring of the country will benefit every region and suggested that northern leaders be engaged on its benefits as it is the best move for the country.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Moshood Salvador, on Thursday, January 3, urged Nigerians not to believe in the promise of the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to restructure the country.

An elder statesman and founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, has declared that the only way Nigeria can move from its current state of challenges of underdevelopment is for the country be restructured.