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The Buhari Administration’s announcement of June 12 as “Democracy Day” and a post-humous recognition of M.K.O Abiola and others raise the specter of neutralizing True Federalism despite the Administration’s vindication of the Peoples’ struggles to actualize “June 12” via this recognition; therefore, rather than praise Muhammadu Buhari or his Administration for it, we should thank ourselves for maintaining the momentum to such an extent that this Administration has no choice but to vindicate it. And that is where it should end, while the quest for True Federalism gathers a stronger momentum.

To Muhammadu Buhari’s credit, he made an appearance, even if briefly, on the closing day of the PRONACO Conference on the Re-Formation of Nigeria; did not utter a word and left. The best that can be read into this symbolism was an attempt a scouting the mood of the day in the hope that it can be incorporated into whatever political agenda he was nurturing at the time.

One of APC’s “legacy parties”, the ACN, was established by prominent NADECO activists, especially in Yorubaland, some of whom are now playing major roles in the Buhari Administration, not to effect True Federalism, which was the foundation of ACN from its roots in the AD, but to champion not only the person of Muhammadu Buhari but also the so-called achievements of his Administration.

His anti-corruption mantra failed from the beginning by not accurately defining what corruption is. We are thus left with a political grandstanding in terms of arrests and prosecutions that are neither here nor there, whilst leaving the source of corruption intact, this source being the Architecture of the Nigerian State with a corrupt foundation bringing forth a “Federalism” which is so only in name.

When he declared that he is “for everybody and for nobody”, he was telling us that the political party that brought him to power is irrelevant; and this was clearly shown in his early appointments dominated by his “inner circle” mainly from the Fulani Nation. Other appointments pointed to an attempt at creating alternative centers of power in the “zones”, with the aim of neutralizing established centers, particularly in Yorubaland, such that the demands for Federalism as our political niche would be neutralized.

He went on to pooh-pooh the entire notion of Restructuring anchored on what he says is our “impatience”; and, “having rejected the Parliamentary System…. give a long period of trial and improvement before the system we have adopted is anywhere near fit for purpose”. It must be noted that Muhammadu Buhari did not address the question of “we”, that is, who rejected and adopted what, just as the question as to what constitutes a “long period” was left unanswered more so when there was a previous experience which was not given “a long period of trial and improvement” before the military of which he was a major part truncated it. This previous experience, the First Republic, was adjudged to have offered the best template for socio-economic development ever experienced.

While all of these were going on, the rise in herdsmen killings saw him “appealing” to the victims to see these criminals as “neighbors” and live peacefully with them, even as he later claimed that the perpetrators are from Libya. Meanwhile, his Defense Minister was going all over the place seeking the abrogation of the anti-Open Grazing Laws in some States, which the Fulani herdsmen association, MACBAN, had claimed to be the reasons for the violence perpetrated by the herdsmen. Muhammadu Buhari was once president of MACBAN under whose umbrella he came to confront Lam Adesina in Oyo State, to protest about the resistance to the violence of “his people”. He is also named as one of MACBAN’s patrons.

To give credence to herdsmen intentions, his Administration relied on what it called an ECOWAS Trans Human Protocol which Nigeria signed in 1998, without reference to the various Peoples concerned and which obliged the Federal Government not to restrict the movement of pastoralists and their cattle coming from other ECOWAS countries. This was under Sanni Abacha’s Administration, of which Muhammadu Buhari is proud.

He recently eulogized Sanni Abacha whose tenure we all know about and need not be repeated here. Muhammadu Buhari made a subtle attempt at equating his Administration with that of Abacha by lauding Abacha’s “development of infrastructure” just as his Administration showcases same as one of its major achievements.

Dictators, authoritarians, fascists and racists like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini provided the needed infrastructural and industrial base for the Nazi Republic and Italy; just as the Stalinist regime did in the former Soviet Union. Yet, these did not prevent the Nationalities in the Soviet Union from advancing their cause for freedom; neither did it prevent the development of different forms of opposition to the Third Reich both inside and outside of Hitler’s Germany.

Recognition of “June 12” within this context is therefore telling us that his Administration, just like Abacha’s, is developing infrastructure, hence Abacha need not be held accountable for his atrocities more so when he can undo the political damage created by Abacha, which he has now done. Yet, the principal demand of “June 12” activists is True Federalism; therefore, recognizing June 12 without it is a Trojan Horse.

Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration is proceeding apace with more centralization, to wit, the impending Waterways Bill which gives control of rivers and its banks to the Central Government; the “State Houses of Assembly” Bill which he hurriedly signed even while inviting a large segment of June 12 activists to a ceremony supposedly honoring MKO and others but which, in reality, will be celebrating True Federalism’s death-knell.

Federalism, by definition, is a co-equal relationship between the national and subnational; a component must therefore have absolute control over its internal affairs, save those which it willingly gave up to the center. The Federating Units create the center and exercise the prerogative of what to give up. Now that the Central Government wants to retain funding for the State Judiciaries and Houses of Assembly, the Central Government will now have absolute leeway in, at best, influencing decisions of the Houses of Assembly, and at worst, intimidating them to do its will thereby reinforcing Nigeria’s “feeding bottle” Federalism.

The excuse that Governors are corrupt is not tenable because a True Federation relies on the power of the people of the Federating Unit, who can then devise their own means of addressing corruption in their environments more so when such a Federating Unit has no central godfather to rely on. And assuming Muhammadu Buhari is all that he is claimed to be, what happens after he leaves office?

Barack Obama once came to Africa to lecture us on the importance of “strong institutions instead of strong personalities” as the solution to Africa’s leadership crisis. The Yoruba, in their ancient wisdom say “ile to ba toro, omo ale k’o tii y’oju ni”. (an orderly environment indicates the hibernation of its vagabond). Barack Obama himself is wondering, today, whether American institutions can withstand the onslaught to which they are being subjected to, now, despite its supposed strength.

Meaning, True Federalism will allow for cultural impulses of the people to address whatever challenges they might face.

The above rendering on Muhammadu Buhari is an open book, yet most of it were ignored in 2013 to 2015, where political reality dictated the necessity to make hard choices, the major one being the formation of the APC and Muhammadu Buhari’s subsequent election. The time for hard choices are here again.

This time around, the Yoruba Nation must re-energize the pursuit of True Federalism as a sine qua non for Nigeria. Otherwise, the recognition may become the burial ground for Federalism.

He who has an ear, let him hear.

I pray they listen

My question is why has several tribe be advising Yoruba non stop. Yoruba don suffer even people beneath us are now “advising” us

Why are you guys so concerned about the Yorubas

serikiYCU:
Why are you guys so concerned about the Yorubas

i have no idea

serikiYCU:
Why are you guys so concerned about the Yorubas

Is the op not one of yours?

serikiYCU:
Why are you guys so concerned about the Yorubas

what a bunch of junk...reading it nearly gave me an headache....

i had to stop reading.......

Buhari was part and parcel of abacha govt that killed mko and he should stop throwing placebos at us like dumb people who cant think and reason beyond nursery 2.
My fellow yoruba brothers let us demand for a better life, security and dividend of democracy from who ever is at the helm of govt.
Let us ask our self what buhari has done for us esp in agriculture and industrialisation. Let us stop jumping and frolickin upon emty crumbs of placebos been thrown at us like confuse rat.

this is best article av read since there june debacle

justtoodark:

what a bunch of junk...reading it nearly gave me an headache....
i had to stop reading.......

this writeup pain u no be here

Bethel4Life:
this writeup pain u no be here

pain me,how....?

i didnt understand anything....

how can something i dont even understand pain me.........?

justtoodark:


pain me,how....?

i didnt understand anything....

how can something i dont even understand pain me.........?

When last did you understand anything.....
Park well mr tdarkside

Op is a detribalized Yoruba man who wants the progress of his people... There is a lot of sense in what he said and I hope his message will be passed along

zombieHUNTER:


When last did you understand anything.....
Park well mr tdarkside

Op is a detribalized Yoruba man who wants the progress of his people... There is a lot of sense in what he said and I hope his message will be passed along

park well...!!!!

am not buying this your nonesense sympaty for yorubas all of a sudden.....

am not buying the nonesense he wrote anyways....because you,zombieHUNTER likes it already tells me its bad....

anything that igbos like is bad for other nigerians....

We don't need long story for us to know that Buhari's days as Nigerian President is numbered.

He will be kicked out in 2019.

He's a clueless, bigoted, blind old fool who has allowed the continued massacre of innocent citizens by his blood thirsty Fulani brothers.

His anti-corruption war is a sham.

His supposed "integrity" is as real as a unicorn.

He's not fit to be president.

The writer is first class material, the writeup is a master piece. I have just read an analytic work for the first time in Niraland since this year.

Oh the state Assembly financial autonomy serves the current feeding bottle system and distance us from restructuring.

ElsonMorali:
We don't need long story for us to know that Buhari's days as Nigerian President is numbered.

He will be kicked out in 2019.

He's a clueless, bigoted, blind old fool who has allowed the continued massacre of innocent citizens by his blood thirsty Fulani brothers.

He's not fit to be president.

how do you know sef....??..

do you realy think you know what all nigerians are thinking...??

do you know what northerners are thinkin....??

why do you think everything must go una way....?

OKKO:
The writer is first class material, the writeup is a master piece. I have just read an analytic work for the first time in Niraland since this year.

Oh the state Assembly financial autonomy serves the current feeding bottle system and distance us from restructuring.

and what do you want to restructure exactly....??...

you dont restructure just like that...it doesnt work that way....

and its not you that is going to do it anyways...its the people in charge that do that stuff...

restructure may even not favour you sef....

its a dangerous request....

and you people should be careful about askin for restructure...when its on paper,then its too late...

police and army will enforce it no matter how ridiculous it may seem....

justtoodark:


how do you know sef....??..

do you realy think you know what all nigerians are thinking...??

do you know what northerners are thinkin....??

why do you think everything must go una way....?

What is this one saying?

The problem I have with writer like this is the failure to tell how much of true federalism Nigeria achieved under 16 years of PDP but suddenly demanding the Paradise kind of federalism from Buhari.

Pari passu what are the chances of Nigeria having true federalism if Buhari fails to take us to the promise land and PDP is re-elected ?

What are the chance PDP will be coming with true federalism and more importantly why as PDP failed to actualize this same true federalism in the 16 years it held on to power ?

ElsonMorali:


What is this one saying?

i repeat:....

why do you easterners think everything must go una way....?

why...??

na so una caused the civil war back then....to save nigeria nonesense excuse thats why you killed people....?

thats why people see una as suspects.....

you just cant be trusted....

how is selling drugs abroad hussle....??....hussle na hussle my foot.......

Front1line:
The problem I have with writer like this is the failure to tell how much of true federalism Nigeria achieved under 16 years of PDP but suddenly demanding the Paradise kind of federalism from Buhari.

Pari passu what are the chances of Nigeria having true federalism if Buhari fails to take us to the promise land and PDP is re-elected ?

What are the chance PDP will be coming with true federalism and more importantly why as PDP failed to actualize this same true federalism in the 16 years it held on to power ?

What's with this 16years rule.... PDP failed Nigerians
That's in the past... We should be talking about the present and future...

APC is on the same path the PDP took yet they promised change remember... We can't wait for another 16yrs to write their wrong...

2019 is fast approaching... And I bet you there are candidates better than old buhari and his party..

A lot of people die everyday as a result of herders farmers clashes... APC cannot solve this problem... Stop supporting Evil

justtoodark:


park well...!!!!

am not buying this your nonesense sympaty for yorubas all of a sudden.....

am not buying the nonesense he wrote anyways....because you,zombieHUNTER likes it already tells me its bad....

anything that igbos like is bad for other nigerians....

You my friend need to join comedy

-The Hausa-Fulani will never support Restructuring. The best solution remains Self-determination for serious minded Nations trapped in Nigeria. The nations in Soviet Union never begged Russia for Restructuring, they went for their total independence and today they are better for it. Africans wake up and stop being Obtuse.

-Instead of begging for Restructuring, ally with other Independence/Self-determination groups to achieve your goals. Power is not given but taken.

zombieHUNTER:


You my friend need to join comedy

am not your friend....

justtoodark:


i repeat:....

why do you easterners think everything must go una way....?

why...??

na so una caused the civil war back then....to save nigeria nonesense excuse thats why you killed people....?

thats why people see una as suspects.....

you just cant be trusted....

how is selling drugs abroad hussle....??....hussle na hussle my foot.......

Se o wa alright bayi? Laaro kutukutu! Se ki n se wipe o n ji mu sepe?

Next time you mistake me for yeeboe again I'll make sure I fry your ass. Lo sho ara e o.

Moneywomen17:
My question is why has several tribe be advising Yoruba non stop. Yoruba don suffer even people beneath us are now “advising” us

People beneath you?? Later you will say the whites hate you and your black race.


Una go hear word by fire by force

What is this meaningless euphoria about June 12 declaration? Only a dumb fool would think it will have any effect on the 2019 election. Buhari would be foolish also if he thinks this will sway people's vote towards him.

Nigerians forget issues quickly. The election is 8 months away. I dare anyone to quote me in a month's time if anyone still remembers this decoration. Even the Abiola's families won't vote buhari because of June 12. It would have been a little significant if it was done in January next year.

People are just being stupid and displaying their misplaced anger and innate bigotry.

PDJT:
-The Hausa-Fulani will never support Restructuring. The best solution remains Self-determination for serious minded Nations trapped in Nigeria. The nations in Soviet Union never begged Russia for Restructuring, they went for their total independence and today they are better for it. Africans wake up and stop being Obtuse.

-Instead of begging for Restructuring, ally with other Independence/Self-determination groups to achieve your goals. Power is not given but taken.

but restructure what....??....do you just say that word because it sounds nice in your ears or you understand what it means...??

do you think restructuring is that easy....?...its a very slow process....go ask germans how tiring it was to reunite germany....

west germany nearly went broke trying to adjust germany all toghether....

justtoodark:


am not your friend....

Tdarkside toodark justtoodatk
You are my favorite comedian after Ademusiwa

Whether you like it or not
You are my friend
There is nothing you can do about it

zombieHUNTER:


Tdarkside toodark justtoodatk
You are my favorite comedian after Ademusiwa

Whether you like it or not
You are my friend
There is nothing you can do about it

are you that desparate to have a friend...?