Nigerian politics - and even some politicians - are sometimes less than useless. When a nation is reeling under tremendous challenges, some of them are screaming themselves hoarse calling for a “restructuring of the nation,” all in anticipation of 2019! And my colleagues, journalists and columnists, are giving vent to this “new national frustration.” But before we do go down the line of each going their own way, let’s consider ‘restructuring’ our national economic and social being, then we look at the political structure.
RESTRUCTURE OUR NATIONAL IMAGE: There are over two hundred countries in the world; Nigeria is only one of them. Citizens of many countries visit Indonesia. But read these names: Okonkwo Nonso; Obinna Nwajagu; Eugene Ape; Humphrey Jefferson; Michael Titus; Ozias Sibanda. I’m sure you can guess they are Nigerian can you even guess from which part. These are six names from a list of 14 on death row in Indonesia for drugs trafficking. Nigeria has almost half (six out of 14); three of them have already been executed. Now, why won’t I be ashamed of my green passport when most countries of the world don’t know the difference between an Obinna and an Ibrahim? So I submit that any criminal Hausaman arrested in Saudi Arabia for pick-pocketing or black-magic-ing, announce his name, his father’s name, his village, his province. Name him shame him. Let us know the names of all Ibos on death row in Indonesia and elsewhere. Shame their villages. And Edo girls prostituting in Italy. And the 419 Yorubaman in London. Name them, shame them. At the end of every year, in the spirit of Federal Character, let the National Bureau of Statistics publish our country’s National Foreign Crime Scorecard. Let high-crime Zones and Provinces be fined heavily and the funds put in the National Kitty. Haba!


RESTRUCTURE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES: “Dangote: Made in Kano, Enjoyed Around the Nation”. By all means let there be Fiscal Federalism. And Fiscal Regionalism. And Fiscal Provincialism. Let there be Resource Control. Let the South South have their oil wealth. Kano shall then, for example, claim ‘The Dangote Resource’. Plus his GCON. All taxes and revenues and collectables from any Dangote venture (or Dantata & Sawoe, for that matter) shall be shared between the geographical location of venture and Kano State (with a little to Jigawa and Katsina for good neighbourliness) which produced the Entrepreneurship Resource. While we are at it, let the National Electricity Grid be transferred from Osogbo to Zungeru or wherever Niger State (the Power State) chooses to site it. And yes, Niger State should have 13% of all accruals from hydro power (which has been the saving grace for the nation recently). And when gas becomes available, sources of that resource should also get 13%. God also gave Borno State cattle. And onions to Kebbi. And carrots and sugarcane to Zaria Province. And yams to Benue. And cassava flour to Nasarawa. And tomatoes to the whole North. And kilishi to Bauchi. And wahala to others. Let us all have it. Haba!
RESTRUCTURE OUR NATIONAL PUNISHMENTS: *On Corruption, the bane of its fighting in Nigeria is in the punishment. As long as people steal and get away with no more than a pat on the wrist, people will continue to steal. We must adopt the Chinese solution: one looter, one bullet. In China, if you steal a certain amount and you are found out, you are tried, convicted, and shot. All assets are then forfeited to government, and heirs would not even inherit the loot, and will have pay for the government bullet used. Let Five Million Naira ‘misappropriation’ be the threshold in Nigeria, and amputate the hands of those below that.

*On Kidnapping, the extant law of Edo State, the death penalty, should be adopted nationwide. It should be applied whether the victim survives the kidnapping or not, and whatever the number of kidnappers, remote and immediate. There should also be special tribunals for this despicable crime, with appeal only to the Supreme Court, lest the Western-backed-and-paid human rights lobby delays justice for victims. Armed Robbery should be as Kidnapping.
*On Rape, there is now a phenomenal rise especially of minors, many of whom are also killed as collateral wickedness. Death penalty should continue to be applied for wilful taking of a life in any event, and especially in the case of rape and murder, whatever the number of rapists. There should be special tribunals for this despicable crime, with appeal only to the Supreme Court. For rape affecting post-puberty victims, the rapist must be made to forfeit the tool used in committing the crime. In plain language, rapists must be neutered, castrated, eunuch’ed. And then serve a long sentence. Haba!
THEN RESTRUCTURE OUR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: We can ill afford a bicameral legislature. A unicameral, single chamber to be called The National Assembly should suffice. The Senate is too padded. The House of Representatives is the Mother of All Padding. Let us use the forthcoming 2017 Census to restructure Federal Constituencies to be One Representative per one million population, to the nearest million. With the current population estimate of 170 million, there then can be a National Assembly of 170 members who must be real honourable people, gainfully employed (from where they take leave of absence) and reasonably educated. No member should be below forty and no unmarried males (for females, marriage an added advantage). Membership should be for a term of three years, repeatable. Thereafter, members return to their places of work. They assemble Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and return to their constituencies Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to worship with their constituents in local mosques and churches. Constituency contact shall be part of the legislative calendar. Members should be paid no more than the salary of a Director in the Federal Civil Service, plus transport and accommodation. They can travel abroad once a year, to Mecca or to Jerusalem, not to both.

THEN RESTRUCTURE OUR NATIONAL JUDICIARY: Let there be a National Judiciary of honourable people. Let there be no repeat of ‘innocent’ James Ibori or the ‘perpetual injunction’ of Peter Odili. Let there be no bail for the fantastically corrupt, until investigations are through. Let corrupt judges follow the same Chinese medicine as other corrupt folk. Let corrupt SANs be un-learned and un-wigged, and fed Chinese medicine. Plea-bargain should be on, after which Chinese medicine to be administered. Any judicial officer found wanting (as in ‘wanting to collect something’) should be de-robbed (the robber s/he is) and shown the way out, stripped bare - no gratuity, no pension, no ‘MON’, let alone an ‘EY’ added on. And people learned in religion, both Muslim and Christian, and people known and adjudged to be honest and ‘balanced’, should be appointed to judge. People so appointed can have lawyers as Special Assistants to assist. We shouldn’t be held to ransom by these lawyer-types.
Let us try these first. Next time, we can discuss how to restructure the geography of the nation, and then the presidency. And then, finally, if all fails, To Our Tents!
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/columns/on-restructuring-another-view/158053.html#wqBauJUtPUdwfx3C.99

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Even Gowon now supports restructuring

bukifemi1:

Nigerian politics - and even some politicians - are sometimes less than useless. When a nation is reeling under tremendous challenges, some of them are screaming themselves hoarse calling for a “restructuring of the nation,” all in anticipation of 2019! And my colleagues, journalists and columnists, are giving vent to this “new national frustration.” But before we do go down the line of each going their own way, let’s consider ‘restructuring’ our national economic and social being, then we look at the political structure.
RESTRUCTURE OUR NATIONAL IMAGE: There are over two hundred countries in the world; Nigeria is only one of them. Citizens of many countries visit Indonesia. But read these names: Okonkwo Nonso; Obinna Nwajagu; Eugene Ape; Humphrey Jefferson; Michael Titus; Ozias Sibanda. I’m sure you can guess they are Nigerian can you even guess from which part. These are six names from a list of 14 on death row in Indonesia for drugs trafficking. Nigeria has almost half (six out of 14); three of them have already been executed. Now, why won’t I be ashamed of my green passport when most countries of the world don’t know the difference between an Obinna and an Ibrahim? So I submit that any criminal Hausaman arrested in Saudi Arabia for pick-pocketing or black-magic-ing, announce his name, his father’s name, his village, his province. Name him shame him. Let us know the names of all Ibos on death row in Indonesia and elsewhere. Shame their villages. And Edo girls prostituting in Italy. And the 419 Yorubaman in London. Name them, shame them. At the end of every year, in the spirit of Federal Character, let the National Bureau of Statistics publish our country’s National Foreign Crime Scorecard. Let high-crime Zones and Provinces be fined heavily and the funds put in the National Kitty. Haba!


RESTRUCTURE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES: “[b]Dangote: Made in Kano, Enjoyed Around the Nation”. By all means let there be Fiscal Federalism. And Fiscal Regionalism. And Fiscal Provincialism. Let there be Resource Control. Let the South South have their oil wealth. Kano shall then, for example, claim ‘The Dangote Resource’. Plus his GCON. All taxes and revenues and collectables from any Dangote venture (or Dantata & Sawoe, for that matter) shall be shared between the geographical location of venture and Kano State (with a little to Jigawa and Katsina for good neighbourliness) which produced the Entrepreneurship Resource. While we are at it, let the National Electricity Grid be transferred from Osogbo to Zungeru or wherever Niger State (the Power State) chooses to site it. And yes, Niger State should have 13% of all accruals from hydro power (which has been the saving grace for the nation recently). And when gas becomes available, sources of that resource should also get 13%. God also gave Borno State cattle. And onions to Kebbi. And carrots and sugarcane to Zaria Province. And yams to Benue. And cassava flour to Nasarawa. And tomatoes to the whole North. And kilishi to Bauchi. And wahala to others. Let us all have it. Haba![/b]
RESTRUCTURE OUR NATIONAL PUNISHMENTS: *On Corruption, the bane of its fighting in Nigeria is in the punishment. As long as people steal and get away with no more than a pat on the wrist, people will continue to steal. We must adopt the Chinese solution: one looter, one bullet. In China, if you steal a certain amount and you are found out, you are tried, convicted, and shot. All assets are then forfeited to government, and heirs would not even inherit the loot, and will have pay for the government bullet used. Let Five Million Naira ‘misappropriation’ be the threshold in Nigeria, and amputate the hands of those below that.

*On Kidnapping, the extant law of Edo State, the death penalty, should be adopted nationwide. It should be applied whether the victim survives the kidnapping or not, and whatever the number of kidnappers, remote and immediate. There should also be special tribunals for this despicable crime, with appeal only to the Supreme Court, lest the Western-backed-and-paid human rights lobby delays justice for victims. Armed Robbery should be as Kidnapping.
*On Rape, there is now a phenomenal rise especially of minors, many of whom are also killed as collateral wickedness. Death penalty should continue to be applied for wilful taking of a life in any event, and especially in the case of rape and murder, whatever the number of rapists. There should be special tribunals for this despicable crime, with appeal only to the Supreme Court. For rape affecting post-puberty victims, the rapist must be made to forfeit the tool used in committing the crime. In plain language, rapists must be neutered, castrated, eunuch’ed. And then serve a long sentence. Haba!
THEN RESTRUCTURE OUR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: We can ill afford a bicameral legislature. A unicameral, single chamber to be called The National Assembly should suffice. The Senate is too padded. The House of Representatives is the Mother of All Padding. Let us use the forthcoming 2017 Census to restructure Federal Constituencies to be One Representative per one million population, to the nearest million. With the current population estimate of 170 million, there then can be a National Assembly of 170 members who must be real honourable people, gainfully employed (from where they take leave of absence) and reasonably educated. No member should be below forty and no unmarried males (for females, marriage an added advantage). Membership should be for a term of three years, repeatable. Thereafter, members return to their places of work. They assemble Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and return to their constituencies Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to worship with their constituents in local mosques and churches. Constituency contact shall be part of the legislative calendar. Members should be paid no more than the salary of a Director in the Federal Civil Service, plus transport and accommodation. They can travel abroad once a year, to Mecca or to Jerusalem, not to both.

THEN RESTRUCTURE OUR NATIONAL JUDICIARY: Let there be a National Judiciary of honourable people. Let there be no repeat of ‘innocent’ James Ibori or the ‘perpetual injunction’ of Peter Odili. Let there be no bail for the fantastically corrupt, until investigations are through. Let corrupt judges follow the same Chinese medicine as other corrupt folk. Let corrupt SANs be un-learned and un-wigged, and fed Chinese medicine. Plea-bargain should be on, after which Chinese medicine to be administered. Any judicial officer found wanting (as in ‘wanting to collect something’) should be de-robbed (the robber s/he is) and shown the way out, stripped bare - no gratuity, no pension, no ‘MON’, let alone an ‘EY’ added on. And people learned in religion, both Muslim and Christian, and people known and adjudged to be honest and ‘balanced’, should be appointed to judge. People so appointed can have lawyers as Special Assistants to assist. We shouldn’t be held to ransom by these lawyer-types.
Let us try these first. Next time, we can discuss how to restructure the geography of the nation, and then the presidency. And then, finally, if all fails, To Our Tents!
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/columns/on-restructuring-another-view/158053.html#wqBauJUtPUdwfx3C.99

The emboldened is a poor attempt at slipping North in the scheme of things as far as the sustenance of Nigeria goes.

1. For every Dangote/Dantata or legit business bill/millionaires in the North, there are many more spread across the South West & South East - level of wealth is inconsequential as they are all private capitalist individuals seeking to make personal profit.

2. There are 'dam-able' rivers across the South to generate electrcity from not to mention wind & solar. The Niger can supply the entire North alone for all I care. It does not seem to have the capacity to take care of the whole country anyway.

3. North is generally touted for tomatoes, onions & cattle. For me, this is nothing but urban legend as cows can be reared in the South as well in a non-nomadic way with enough grass to go round of course. Tomato & onions do grow in the southwest; prior to contact with the north we had & fed on these things -- if we crave your type so much, keep in mind agricultural science has very much improved that an environment can be created to farm for a desired level of produce.

I think we should start with restructuring boundaries (not borders yet) & leaving the peoples populating each boundary to take care of its own businesses (economically, socially & politically 90%) then we have a centre to serve a symbolic unity.

I saw how ignorant nd stup1d an average northerner is d moment i saw this;

"Dangote: Made in Kano, Enjoyed Around the Nation”. By all means let there be Fiscal Federalism. And Fiscal Regionalism. And Fiscal Provincialism. Let there be Resource Control. Let the South South have their oil wealth. Kano shall then, for example, claim ‘The Dangote Resource’. Plus his GCON. All taxes and revenues and collectables from any Dangote venture (or Dantata & Sawoe, for that matter) shall be shared between the geographical location of venture and Kano State (with a little to Jigawa and Katsina for good neighbourliness) which produced the Entrepreneurship Resource."


LoL... this people mumu sha.
If this is the reason dat means all the igbos in d different part of Nigeria doing businesses in d different parts wud pay taxes to there states nw...

Nigeria simply means in Latin... Area of darkness

That's why nothing has gone right for us since independence...
1]we executed the bloodiest coup in Afrika(July 66 countercoup) in which 30000 people died
2]we fought the bloodiest civil war in Afrika in which 3million people died
3]We've had a succession of fantastically corrupt leaders since independence excluding Ironsi and Muritala
4]we've three humongous ethnicities who don't have business being together... In fact in Europe these ethnicities would be nations of their own but here in Nigeria they were cobbled together to create a powerless giant of Afrika. Permit me to say that Nigeria's unity is maintained by the minorities and oiled with the blood of Igbos
5]We've men of talent here in Nigeria...but permit me to say that they'd only shine outside Nigeria... The rot Nigeria is in can't be cleaned up

In conclusion... Nigeria can NEVER be great...it was never meant to be great to start with.

Onye márá a sù, o sùo n'ikwe..onye nāmághí, o sùo n'ala

Northerners are smarter than this idiotic Op.

madenigga:
I saw how ignorant nd stup1d an average northerner is d moment i saw this;

"Dangote: Made in Kano, Enjoyed Around the Nation”. By all means let there be Fiscal Federalism. And Fiscal Regionalism. And Fiscal Provincialism. Let there be Resource Control. Let the South South have their oil wealth. Kano shall then, for example, claim ‘The Dangote Resource’. Plus his GCON. All taxes and revenues and collectables from any Dangote venture (or Dantata & Sawoe, for that matter) shall be shared between the geographical location of venture and Kano State (with a little to Jigawa and Katsina for good neighbourliness) which produced the Entrepreneurship Resource."


LoL... this people mumu sha.
If this is the reason dat means all the igbos in d different part of Nigeria doing businesses in d different parts wud pay taxes to there states nw...

I believe the OP doesn't speak for the north. He has simply proven himself extremely thoughtless

Let them move national electric grid to Niger state then supply to the whole Nigeria...lol
Let Niger state keep its power we in the Niger delta dont need it apart from the numerous rivers in the niger delta we hv enuf gas to power the whole Africa. ...
Let them restructure Nigeria abeg at least if its based on the 6geo zones nothing wud concern kano with niger state or Benue.
Let them keep der deserts, yams nd cattle to themselves only 2percent oil revenue can import all doz things with change still remaining.
Also know that ur refinery in kaduna dat gets oil from the south tru pipeline wud start paying for every single drop of oil they get from the south.
Dont

If its restructured north vs south as d OP puts it, if the northerners re to know the south is more viable for agriculture than the north its just dat most southerners dont hv interest in it.
If Nigeria is resteuctured based on sentiments as d op nd northerners want, as he wants Niger to keep its electricity let them be rest assured dat we wud keep every revenue from our ports.
And if he says they dont want to share a passport with people who push drug, prostitute nd do fraud, they know d answer to that its very easy .
As we re moving grid to Niger we re also moving d fct to the south too or we hv 2 fct.
After that all doz Nda kaduna, Airforce headquarters, neco minna wud also be shared too.
Its very simple.

Lame writeup. Just to trivialize an important issue. This same people will support boko haram the next minute anything happens to buhari.

Restructuring is important @OP to quail impending religious was...I think the way world is going we can't do without restructuring nigeria

okoo