REVIEW: To hell with restructuring! Shettima’s arrogance and 6 reasons why APC is becoming a bag of mess

By Femi Qudus

A part of this title are the exact words of Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state. He did not only say those, he also said “restructuring my foot”. Not done, Shettima also described anything restructuring as “madness”. The ‘governor’ spoke last Thursday in Abuja at the launch of a book authored by spokesman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi titled ‘On A Platter of Gold’ in which the author told his own version of how Goodluck Jonathan became president and later lost it.

The event which took place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Center in Abuja, had the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, members of the National Assembly and other politicians in attendance. Shettima’s utterances therefore came as the first direct response by any governor from the northern divide of Nigeria since senators from the southern divide met in Cross Rivers state and adopted a common position in support of restructuring.

Recall also that governors from the southern half of the country, recently rose from a meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, insisting that for the country to make meaningful progress, it must be restructured. Therefore, to an extent, one could say Shettima was responding, not only to issues discussed in the book, but the position of southern governors and the southern caucus of the National Assembly. And to extrapolate further, Shettima, as Chairman of Northern Governors Forum, may have also spoken the mind of governors of the northern divide on restructuring.

With those utterances, Shettima exposed his aversion to critical reasoning. Not only did he refuse to think, he also dragged the north into this failure. By openly denigrating restructuring, and having such strong words for those asking for it, Shettima says that the skewed federation foisted on Nigeria by its creators, works better in his interest and interest of all who, despite their education, are too lazy to think outside the box.
Shettima, ought to develop the capacity to see beyond oil. His party, APC, is driving a diversification plan. But his mind is still locked in oil. And with Shettima, one sees the classic APC; always unwilling to confront the real issues but push the buck elsewhere. Good governance also means having an ear for the voice of the people and the people here demand restructuring.

But it is not surprising that Shettima thinks small. He is one of the reasons APC is failing. Here are 6 dramatic cases illustrating APC’s gradual descent into a huge bag of mess.

1, Restructuring

The first page of the APC manifesto contains the party’s proposals for a new Nigeria. One thing stood out in those proposals -restructuring. Many believed APC, and its leaders, were being sincere with the issue. But with power within their grip, they lied their way out of every promise to restructure Nigeria and set it on a workable platform. Today, APC leaders, especially from the north, deny restructuring with every pint of blood left in them. They make everyone think that restructuring would cause he demise of Nigeria. But they simply say, with their resistance, that a restructured Nigeria will expose the underbelly of the North and also the refusal of its leaders to think outside the box. For Shettima and his ilk in the north, Nigeria must not be restructured so long as the southern lady of means remains open to constant rape.

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