Anyaoku, Sani, Bruce call for
confab report implementation
Prominent Nigerians on Wednesday
urged the Federal Government to
implement the report of the 2014
National Conference, saying that is only
way to curb the forces threatening
Nigeria’s existence as a nation.
Those that made the call included a
former Secretary General of the
Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku,
Senators, Shehu Sani and Ben Murray-
Bruce, former Minister of Information,
Labaran Maku, former National Chairman
of Labour Party, Dan Nwanyanwu, The
Publicity Secretary of the pan Yoruba
socio-political group, Afenifere, Yinka
Odunmakin and a public policy analyst,
Yadoma Bukak Mandara.
They spoke at the 40th anniversary of
Ondo State and seven- year anniversary
symposium of Governor Olusegun
Mimiko’s administration held at
International Cultural and Event Centre
(DOME) in Akure, the state capital.
The theme of the event was: “Curtailing
Nigeria’s Centrifugal forces.”
Anyaoku, who chaired the event, said,
“my view which I articulated mostly is
that restructuring the present
government’s architecture by adopting a
true federalism will go a long way in
enabling us to achieve a speedy
development and the political stability
which would reduce the enablement of
centrifugal forces in Nigeria.”
The former Commonwealth scribe asked
President Muhammadu Buhari to
immediately convene emergency meeting
with experts in order to get solutions to
the current economic crisis.
He, however, backed the President on his
position on the naira devaluation by
saying, those calling for official
devaluation of naira need to come up
with a good answer to Nigeria present
situation.
Sani said the government must learn to
do things in different ways, noting that if
previous governments had been working
on an agenda by now the country’s
problems should have been solved.
Bruce said, “We are talking about state
police and we have forgotten that before
1960, we have state police. And during
the regional system, the west, east and
north were doing fine.
“Now, we come together, 55 percent of
the budget is spent by the federal
government and we are starving the
states to death.
“We must change the whole federal
system to reflect what really make sense.
And people must learn to impeach
governors who will not judiciously spend
the fund.”
Source: The Nation Newspaper

Why is shehu talking now? I rem he said all the confab report would used by akara seller in Lugbe cos the confab was nonsense.

the northerners wont be happy with this men atal.

Right from time the foundation of this nation was faulty but a certain region persistently does not want it correct.Only true federalism can restructure Nigeria.The earlier we accept this reality the better.

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