get more live news at davesblog.over-blog.com. – Various groups
continue to spring up
with calls for the
Nigerian government
to restructure the
country – The CDHR has
added a voice to the
call warning President
Muhammadu Buhari to
help Nigeria avoid war The Committee for the
Defence of Human Rights
(CDHR) in Ebonyi state has
warned President
Muhammadu Buhari to
avoid a situation where the country is plunged
into war. Members of CDHR in one
of their rallies The group, which monitors
human rights issues in
Nigeria, said the various
challenges and agitations
in the country should
make the president favour the call for
restructuring. The presidency had
vehemently kicked against
the call from different
segments of the Nigerian
society that the country
should be restructured. Professor Yemi Osinbajo,
the vice president, had
recently said
restructuring was not the
solution to these challenges. He believes
what matters is true
governance. But Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice
president, and other groups in the country do
not believe this. The Niger Delta Avengers,
the Indigenous People of
Biafra and such other
organisations are all
fighting for either
restructuring or full secession from Nigeria. CDHR said obedience to
the calls for restructuring
is the major solution to
insecurity in the country. Daily Times reports that
the group made the call
at a one-day seminar and
swearing-in ceremony of
new executives of the
CDHR in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state. It argued, in a lecture
delivered by its state
chairman, Reverend
Frather John Odeye, that
the six geopolitical zones
of the country would be strengthened with
restructuring. READ ALSO: Mbaka blames Jonathan, says
there was no attack on
Buhari CDHR urged President
Buhari to think twice and
learn from former
President Goodluck
Jonathan, who sacrificed a
lot to ensure that the country remained united
through the national
conference his
government organised,
but which is yet to be
implemented. On his part, another
lecturer, Jerry
Chikwuokoro, accused the
current administration of
aiding corruption. He said one of the ways
the administration has
aided corruption was
through ignoring the
constitution in his
appointments. Apart from this, he said
the administration was
arresting and prosecuting
particular groups of
people and allowing the
Fulani herdsmen to continue killing innocent
citizens without any
concrete solution. READ ALSO: Fast all in one — UC Browser He said the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) and other anti-
corruption agencies would
continue to be
unsuccessful until the foundation of the country
is made strong.